Buddha's Orphans
A Novel
Samrat Upadhyay
- A
- novel
- of
- love
- and
- political
- upheaval,
- in
- which
- “Kathmandu
- is
- as
- specific
- and
- heartfelt
- as
- Joyce’s
- Dublin”
- (San
- Francisco
- Chronicle).In
- Buddha’s
- Orphans,
- 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.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
- Arresting
- God
- in
- Kathmandu.“[Upadhyay
- is]
- a
- Buddhist
- Chekhov.”
- —San
- Francisco
- Chronicle“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.”
- —Elle“[Upadhyay’s]
- characters
- linger.
- They
- are
- captured
- with
- such
- concise,
- illuminating
- precision
- that
- one
- begins
- to
- feel
- that
- they
- just
- might
- be
- real.”
- —The
- Christian
- Science
- Monitor“Absorbing
- .
- .
- .
- Beautifully
- told.”
- —Publishers
- Weekly,
- starred review
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