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The Middleman and Other Stories, (1988) is a collection of short stories by Bharati Mukherjee. Stories from this volume are frequently anthologized, particularly Orbiting, A Wife's Story, and The Middleman. The short story Jasmine would later be developed into the 1989 novel Jasmine.
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| Story |
Originally published in |
| "The Middleman" |
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| "A Wife's Story" |
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| "Loose Ends" |
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| "Orbiting" |
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| "Fighting for the Rebound" |
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| "The Tenant" |
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| "Fathering" |
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| "Jasmine" |
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| "Danny's Girls" |
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| "Buried Lives" |
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| "The Management of Grief" |
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[edit] Acclaim
- Selected as a New York Times Book Review notable book of the year.
- National Book Critics Circle Award.
- The story The Middleman appeared in The Best American Short Stories 1987.
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