{"product_id":"buddhas-orphans-9780547469904","title":"Buddha's Orphans","description":"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. \u003cbr\u003e Upadhyay's novel, \u003cem\u003eBuddha's Orphans\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 and takes readers through time and across the globe, through the loss of and search for children, and through several generations, hinting that perhaps old bends can, in fact, be righted in future branches of a family tree. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eBuddha's Orphans\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel permeated with the sense of how we are irreparably connected to the mothers who birthed us and of the way events of the past, even those we are ignorant of, inevitably haunt the present. But most of all it is an engrossing, unconventional love story and a seductive and transporting read.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUpadhyay, Samrat:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - SAMRAT UPADHYAY is the author of \u003ci\u003eArresting God in Kathmandu\u003c\/i\u003e, a Whiting Award winner, \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guru of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and a \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year. He has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. Upadhyay directs the creative writing program at Indiana University.","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872696504594,"sku":"9780547469904","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2ad9e2be-3704-4a2b-8302-ad2973ae31cf.jpg?v=1737905797","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/buddhas-orphans-9780547469904","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}