Author | Samrat Upadhyay |
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Language | English |
Genre | Fiction |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Publication date | 2001 AD (2057 BS) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Hardcover |
Pages | 191 |
Awards | Whiting Writers' Award for Fiction, 2001 |
ISBN | 9780618043712 |
Arresting God in Kathmandu is the debut book by Nepali-American author Samrat Upadhyay. Published in 2001, Arresting God in Kathmandu was awarded the Whiting Writers' Award for fiction. [1] The book marks the first time a Nepali writer writing in English has been published in the West.[ citation needed]
It is a collection of nine short stories that provide a glimpse into everyday life in Kathmandu, Nepal. The stories included in the books are:
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." [2] On the other hand, Kirkus Reviews called the book a collection of "diverting if sometimes lukewarm tales." [3]