The Guru of Love by Samrat Upadhyay

The Guru of Love by Samrat Upadhyay

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.

Samrat Upadhyay was born and raised in Nepal. He is author of The City Son, which was shortlisted for a PEN Open Book Award; Arresting God in Kathmandu, winner of the Whiting Award; The Royal Ghost; The Guru of Love, a New York Times Notable Book and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year; and Buddha's Orphans. He has written for The New York Times and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. Upadhyay teaches in the creative writing program at Indiana University.

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ISBN 13	9780618247271
ISBN 10	0618247270
Title	The Guru of Love
Author	Samrat Upadhyay
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Houghton Mifflin
Year published	2003-01-16
Number of pages	304
Prizes	Short-listed for Kiriyama Prize (Fiction) 2004
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