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Royal Ghosts Pa

内容简介

Withemotionalprecisionandnarrativesubtlety,TheRoyalGhostsfeaturescharacterstryingtoreconciletheirtruedesireswiththeforcesatworkinNepalisociety.AgainstthebackdropoftheviolentMaoistinsurgenciesthathaveclaimedthousandsoflives,thesecharactersstrugglewiththeirdutiestotheiragingparents,anoppressivecastesystem,andthecomplexitiesofarrangedmarriage.Intheend,theymanagetofindpeaceandconnection,oftenwheretheyleastexpectit—withthepeopledirectlyinfrontofthem.ThesestoriesbrilliantlyexaminenotonlyKathmanduduringatimeofpoliticalcrisisandculturaltransformationbutalsotheeffectsofthatcityontheindividualconsciousness.SamratUpadhyayistheauthorofArrestingGodinKathmandu,whichearnedhimaWhitingAward,andTheGuruofLove,whichwasaNewYorkTimesNotableBook,aSanFranciscoChronicleBestBookoftheYear,andafinalistfortheKiriyamaPrize.HelivesinBloomington,Indiana.Thisbookwillalsoappealtoreadersinterstedinthethemes:Nepal,SouthAsianLiterature,NepaliSociety,Alienation,Democracy,Kathmandu.

作者简介

SAMRATUPADHYAYistheauthorofArrestingGodinKathmandu,aWhitingAwardwinner,TheRoyalGhosts,andTheGuruofLove,aNewYorkTimesNotableBookandaSanFranciscoChronicleBestBookoftheYear.HehaswrittenfortheNewYorkTimesandhasappearedonBBCRadioandNationalPublicRadio.UpadhyaydirectsthecreativewritingprogramatIndianaUniversity.

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