{"product_id":"9780547561486","title":"The Royal Ghosts: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Startlingly good” stories of Nepali society set against the backdrop of violent Maoist insurgencies (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e From an author like “a Buddhist Chekhov,” \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e features characters trying to reconcile their true desires with the forces at work in Nepali society (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e). As political violence rages, these people struggle with their duties to their aging parents, an oppressive caste system, and the complexities of arranged marriage, striving to find peace and connection, and often discovering it in unexpected places.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e These stories, from the Whiting Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eArresting God in Kathmandu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guru of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, brilliantly examine not only Kathmandu during a time of upheaval, crisis, and cultural transformation but also the effects of the city on the individual consciousness.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Like William Trevor, Samrat Upadhyay compresses into a short story the breadth of vision and human consequence we expect from a novel, and he does so in a prose that seems as natural as breathing.” —Scott Russell Sanders, author of \u003ci\u003eA Private History of Awe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Takes us straight into the heart of the troubled and enchanting kingdom of Nepal.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Upadhyay’s not-so-simple stories are lucid and often luminous.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107115057392,"sku":"9780547561486","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547561486_p0.jpg?v=1769896719","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547561486","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}