Buddha's Orphans

by Samrat Upadhyay

Book Overview

Called "a Buddhist Chekhov" by the San Francisco Chronicle, Samrat Upadhyay's writing has been praised by Amitav Ghosh and Suketu Mehta, and compared with the work of Akhil Sharma and Jhumpa Lahiri.
Upadhyay's novel, Buddha's Orphans, uses Nepal's political upheavals of the past century 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 story scandalizes both families...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B005OLAR6W
• ISBN13: 9780547469904
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

Great read from one of my favorite Nepali authors. Highly recommend