Author Publisher Houghton Mifflin Genre Fiction novel Name Wife Wife | Language English Publication date 1975 | |
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Wife (1975) is a novel by noted author, Bharati Mukherjee.
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Plot summary
This is the story of Dimple Dasgupta who has an arranged marriage to Amit Basu, an engineer, instead of marrying a neurosurgeon as she had dreamed about. They move to the United States and experience culture shock and loneliness. At one point, she jumps rope to escape her pregnancy. As frustration becomes expressed as abuse, the tale turns to tragedy with the murder of her husband,Amit at the end.
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Wife by Bharati Mukherjee
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