{"product_id":"the-city-son-paperback-by-samrat-upadhyay","title":"The City Son Paperback by Samrat Upadhyay","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSoho Press\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2015-05-12)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e256\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781616955380\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e222.26\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.75 x 13.92 x 1.7\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSet in Samrat Upadhyay’s signature and timeless Nepal, \u003ci\u003eThe City Son\u003c\/i\u003e offers a vivid portrait of a scorned woman’s lifelong obsession with revenge and the devastating ramifications for an impressionable young man.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcclaimed and award-winning author Samrat Upadhyay—the first Nepali-born novelist writing in English to be published in the West—has crafted a spare, understated work examining a taboo subject: a wife’s obsession with her husband’s illegitimate son. When Didi discovers that her husband, the Masterji, has been hiding his beautiful lover and their young son, Tarun, in a nearby city, she takes the Masterji back into her grasp and expels his second family. Tarun’s mother, heartsick and devastated, slowly begins to lose her mind, and Tarun turns to Didi for the mothering he longs for. But as Tarun gets older, Didi’s domination of the boy turns from the emotional to the physical, and the damages she inflicts spiral outward, threatening to destroy Tarun’s one chance at true happiness. Potent, disturbing, and gorgeously stark in its execution, \u003ci\u003eThe City Son\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel not soon forgotten.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003eSamrat Upadhyay was born and raised in Nepal. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eArresting God in Kathmandu\u003c\/i\u003e, a Whiting Award winner; \u003ci\u003eThe Royal Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Guru of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book and a \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year; and \u003ci\u003eBuddha’s Orphans\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. Upadhyay teaches in the creative writing program at Indiana University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556142600353,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781616955380","price":16.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781616955380_c90b514c-249f-4692-9fe9-8fd8e1ec785c.jpg?v=1781806474","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/the-city-son-paperback-by-samrat-upadhyay","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}