This book by Dr. Avanish Kumar Srivastava is an exhaustive study and a humble attempt on the works of Bharati Mukherjee. Dr. Srivastava marshals out various texture of the novels He has undertaken. He focuses on the narrative technique which is an important aspect of her fictional presentation. He points out among traditional oral stories, myths and folktales in India, besides the theme of marriage and gender roles are central. The author goes to highlight Bharati Mukherjee, the writer of immigrant tales and under-score the reinvention of the women-centered oral tales in the narrative structure and thematic contents of Jasmine.
She unravels the triple voice-strands in the complex trade of the Jyoti-Jasmine-Jane persona. Jyoti, "The Silent Women" is fore-told and told a certain kind of existence and identity. When her text of the Tiger's Daughter he discovers Tara as a central character. He powerfully presents a fascinating study of a displaced person in native as well as alien soil. He points out that immigrant sensibility is always torn between the two differing saciocultural environments. He also point out that external pressure become unbearable for immigrant, in order to overcome psychological crisis of his identity. Tara also clings to her India when the extraordinary nature of New York drives her to despair. The author finds wife as a beautiful novel written by Bharati Mukherjee. He observes chief protagonist Dimple is a psychic study of an abnormal women. She has nothing to do with the problem of immigrants Therefore, She angers her husband by making fun of his dress, She wants to break through the traditional taboos of wife. She aspires for freedom and love in marriage. The author also touches her novels The Desirable Daughter's and points out that the desires can not alleviate the wishes one wants to be fulfilled. On the whole this book is a complete study of the under currents going in the life's of the characters presented by Bharati Mukherjee.
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