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Samrat Upadhyay

Born

in Kathmandu, Nepal

January 01, 1974

Website

http://samratupadhyay.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories

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SAMRAT UPADHYAY is the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, which earned him a Whiting Award, and The Guru of Love, which was a New York Times Notable Book, a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, a finalist for the Kiriyama Prize, and a Book Sense 76 pick. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana, and teaches creative writing and literature at Indiana University. His eight-year-old daughter Shahzadi, is a published poet.

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Average rating: 3.38 · 3,412 ratings · 490 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Arresting God In Kathmandu: Groundbreaking Short Stories – Desire, Spirituality, and Identity in Nepal 3.30 avg rating — 1,326 ratings — published 2001 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guru of Love 3.31 avg rating — 592 ratings — published 2013 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buddha's Orphans 3.52 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 2010 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Royal Ghosts 3.51 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad Country 3.53 avg rating — 255 ratings — published 2017 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The City Son 3.28 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2014 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Darkmotherland 3.29 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2025 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection by Josip Novakovich, Aimee Liu (Goodreads Author), Ana Menéndez 3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The good shopkeeper liked it 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Amours et Sensualités (Jentayu, #6) by Djenar Maesa Ayu, Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay, Feng Tang it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Kranti began to weep. On Motherland TV a young and smooth-skinned PM Papa was looking at her, smiling. "My dear Kranti," he said. "Everything will be all right. Why you worry so much?"

"Dada," Kranti whispered. "Dada.”
― Samrat Upadhyay, Darkmotherland

tags: grief, reverie

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“she was a different person when she sang. Her singing was a deep, yearning subconscious desire to go back to a time when the Nepali identity wasn't sullied by external forces.”
― Samrat Upadhyay, Mad Country

tags: identity, nepal, nepali, song

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“No one could have predicted this, but this is how the world works. One moment, you are stuck, and then the moment expands, as if God were forcing it open with his pretty bare hands, and you find yourself in another dimension, and you are still you, but the world around you has suddenly changed colours.”
― Samrat Upadhyay, MAD COUNTRY

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