Buddha's Orphans: A Novel
Nov 2017 · HMH
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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
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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Isabelle Cossette
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June 20, 2020
Very much an anti-women book. I really wish someone would have written a review indicating this; I would have been spared of yet another novel where the expectations for women are sky high and the ones for men are null - which seems to be condoned by the author. And the ending is not really satisfactory. Extremely disappointing.
About the author
Samrat Upadhyay is the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, a Whiting Award winner, The Royal Ghosts, and The Guru of Love, a New York Times Notable Book and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. He has written for the New York Times and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. Upadhyay directs the creative writing program at Indiana University.
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