| The Guru of Love Contributor(s): Upadhyay, Samrat (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618382682 ISBN-13: 9780618382682 Publisher: Harpervia OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2004 Annotation: "The Guru of Love" is the engrossing story of a fevered love triangle set in contemporary Nepal. From the acclaimed author of the story collection "Arresting God in Kathmandu," Upadhyay's first novel introduces readers to Ramchandra, an adulterous husband and father whose double lives disastrously converge. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002032234 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.99" W x 9.04" (0.99 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Indian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Writing of Samrat Upadhyay's story collection, critics raved: "like a Buddhist Chekhov . . . speak s] to common truths . . . startlingly good" (San Francisco Chronicle) and "subtle and spiritually complex" (New York Times). Upadhyay's novel showcases his finest writing and his signature themes. The Guru of Love is a moving and important story--important for what it illuminates about the human need to love as well as lust, and for the light it shines on the political situation in Nepal and elsewhere. Ramchandra is a math teacher earning a low wage and living in a small apartment with his wife and two children. Moonlighting as a tutor, he engages in an illicit affair with one of his tutees, Malati, a beautiful, impoverished young woman who is also a new mother. She provides for him what his wife, who comes from a privileged background, does not: desire, mystery, and a simpler life. Complicating matters are various political concerns and a small city bursting with the conflicts of modernization, a static government, and a changing population. Just as the city must contain its growing needs, so must Ramchandra learn to accommodate both tradition and his very modern desires. Absolutely absorbing yet deceptively simple, this novel cements Upadhyay's emerging status as one of our most exciting writers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Upadhyay, Samrat: - 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. |
