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Chargement... Arresting God in Kathmandu (édition 2001)par Samrat Upadhyay
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Arresting God in Kathmandu is a collection of nine short stories set in Kathmandu, the capital and largest city of Nepal. Upadhyay, who emigrated to the United States and teaches creative writing at Indiana University, was the first Nepalese author writing in English to have his work published in the west. The stories deal with family relationships, generational dynamics of more traditional parents and their globalized youth, and the ever-present class consciousness.I struggled reading this book, because many of the characters and their relationships just seemed mean-spirited (there probably is a better word for what I'm feeling here) and unrelieved by joy or progress. But otherwise it does provide an unsentimental look at everyday life in contemporary Nepal. ( ) Nepali. A very readable short story collection by the first Nepali author writing in English. The stories are related by geography and culture. As in Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies, they are also related by their focus on interpersonal tension, remorse, and failure. Do read the collection in order for the ebb and flow of emotion. Most of the stories in this collection look at the intertwining between spirituality/religiosity and passion/sex/adultery in the lives of the characters. All but one story involves a cheating spouse. Some of the imagery appeared exotic while looking at it, but upon reflection seems somewhat cliche - the smells of spices from a kitchen, chaos and noise from a market, generational strife in the face of modernity, etc. Nevertheless, the prose is well written and delightful, and the book overall was a fun, quick read despite maybe or maybe not reflecting actual life or religion in Kathmandu. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
From the first Nepali author writing in English to be published in the West, Arresting God in Kathmandu brilliantly explores the nature of desire and spirituality in a changing society. With the assurance and unsentimental wisdom of a long-established writer, Upadhyay records the echoes of modernization throughout love and family. Here are husbands and wives bound together by arranged marriages but sometimes driven elsewhere by an intense desire for connection and transcendence. In a city where gods are omnipresent, where privacy is elusive and family defines identity, these men and women find themselves at the mercy of their desires but at the will of their society. Psychologically rich and astonishingly acute, Arresting God in Kathmandu introduces a potent new voice in contemporary fiction. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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