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Samrat Upadhyay

Biography

Samrat Upadhyay

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.

Samrat Upadhyay

Books by Samrat Upadhyay

by Samrat Upadhyay - Fiction

When Didi discovers that her husband, the Masterji, has been hiding his beautiful lover and their young son Tarun in a nearby city, she takes the Masterji back into her grasp and expels his second family. Tarun’s mother slowly begins to lose her mind, and Tarun turns to Didi for the mothering he longs for. But as Tarun gets older, Didi’s domination of the boy threatens to destroy his one chance at true happiness.