The Middleman and Other Stories (1988) is a collection of short stories written by Bharati Mukherjee.[1][2][3][4][5][6] This book won the 1988 National Book Critics Circle Award.[7][8]
Stories from this volume are frequently anthologized,[6] particularly Orbiting, A Wife's Story, and The Middleman. The short story Jasmine would later be developed into the 1989 novel Jasmine.