Buddha's Orphans

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Publication Year:
2010

ISBN-13: 9780547488400

<B>A novel of love and political upheaval, in which &ldquo;Kathmandu is as specific and heartfelt as Joyce&rsquo;s Dublin&rdquo; (<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I>).</B><DIV><BR /> In <I>Buddha&rsquo;s Orphans</I>, Nepal&rsquo;s political upheavals of the past century serve as a backdrop to the story of an orphan boy, Raja, and the girl he is fated to love, Nilu, a daughter of privilege. Their love scandalizes both of their families&mdash;and the novel takes readers across the globe and through several generations.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> This engrossing, unconventional love story explores the ways that events of the past, even those we are ignorant of, inevitably haunt the present. It is also a brilliant depiction of Nepali society from the Whiting Award&ndash;winning author of <I>Arresting God in Kathmandu</I>.<BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;[Upadhyay is] a Buddhist Chekhov.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;Upadhyay&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. [illuminates] the shadow corners of his characters&rsquo; psyches, as well as the complex social and political realities of life in Nepal, with equal grace.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Elle</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;[Upadhyay&rsquo;s] characters linger. They are captured with such concise, illuminating precision that one begins to feel that they just might be real.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>The Christian Science Monitor</I><BR /> &#160;<BR /> &ldquo;Absorbing&#160;.&#160;.&#160;. Beautifully told.&rdquo; &mdash;<I>Publishers Weekly</I>, starred review</DIV>