Rewriting Identity

  • Ashok Mathur
    The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar. Arsenal Pulp Press
  • Neil Bissoondath
    Doing the Heart Good. Cormorant Books
  • Bharati Mukherjee
    Desirable Daughters. Harper Flamingo
Reviewed by Katherine Miller
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This review “Rewriting Identity” originally appeared in Canadian Literature 177 (Summer 2003): 166-168.

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