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Buddha's Orphans
Samrat Upadhyay
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Éditeur:
Open Road Media
Open Road Media
Protection:
Filigrane
Filigrane
Année de parution:
2010
2010
ISBN-13:
9780547488400
Description:
<B>A novel of love and political upheaval, in which “Kathmandu is as specific and heartfelt as Joyce’s Dublin” (<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I>).</B><DIV><BR /> In <I>Buddha’s Orphans</I>, Nepal’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—and the novel takes readers across the globe and through several generations.<BR />  <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–winning author of <I>Arresting God in Kathmandu</I>.<BR />  <BR /> “[Upadhyay is] a Buddhist Chekhov.” —<I>San Francisco Chronicle</I><BR />  <BR /> “Upadhyay . . . [illuminates] the shadow corners of his characters’ psyches, as well as the complex social and political realities of life in Nepal, with equal grace.” —<I>Elle</I><BR />  <BR /> “[Upadhyay’s] characters linger. They are captured with such concise, illuminating precision that one begins to feel that they just might be real.” —<I>The Christian Science Monitor</I><BR />  <BR /> “Absorbing . . . Beautifully told.” —<I>Publishers Weekly</I>, starred review</DIV>
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