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.