Bharati Mukherjee

Jasmine

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The renowned novel of a young Indian woman’s coming of age as her life takes her across Indian and the United States—with a new introduction by Mira Jacob.
A New York Times Notable Book
Following one woman through her numerous identities—from Jyoti in a small village in Punjab, to Jasmine in Jalandhar, to Jase in Manhattan, to Jane in Iowa—Bharati Mukherjee gives us an iconic character whose journey through shifting landscapes necessitates her shifting selves. What she encounters on this path, from India to America and from girlhood to womanhood, shows the beauty and darkness and revelation inherent in the journeys of all those who not only want to survive, but to grow.
When Jasmine was first published in 1989, the New York Times called it “one of the most suggestive novels we have about what it is to become an American.” Thirty years later, Jasmine has only grown in its significance. With a new introduction by Mira Jacob for this thirtieth-anniversary edition, Jasmine is a masterful examination of identity, immigration, and sexuality from the “Matriarch of Indian-American literature” (Literary Hub).
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208 printed pages
Original publication
2007
Publication year
2007
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  • ummiumarahhas quoted5 years ago
    bloomed from a diffident alien with forged documents into adventurous Jase.
  • ummiumarahhas quoted5 years ago
    Taylor didn’t want to change me. He didn’t want to scour and sanitize the foreignness.
  • ummiumarahhas quoted5 years ago
    think it was the hardest lesson of all for me to learn.

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