6.6 /10 1 Votes
Country United States Publication date 2001 Pages 191 Genre Fiction ISBN 9780618043712 | 3.3/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Hardcover Originally published 2001 Page count 191 Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Awards Whiting Writers' Award for Fiction, 2001 Similar Samrat Upadhyay books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arresting God in Kathmandu is the debut book by Nepali-American author Samrat Upadhyay. It is a collection of nine short stories that provide a glimpse into everyday life in Kathmandu, Nepal. Published in 2001, Arresting God in Kathmandu was awarded the Whiting Writers' Award for fiction. The book marks the first time a Nepali writer writing in English has been published in the West.
- The Good Shopkeeper
- The Cooking Poet
- Deepak Misra's Secretary
- The Limping Bride
- During the Festival
- The Room Next Door
- The Man with Long Hair
- This World
- A Great Man's House
Reception
Publishers Weekly calls Upadhyay's writing "assured and simple", concluding that "Upadhyay anchors small yet potent epiphanies in a place called Kathmandu, and quietly calls it home." On the other hand, Kirkus Reviews called the book a collection of "diverting if sometimes lukewarm tales."
References
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