{"product_id":"the-guru-of-love-9780618382682","title":"The Guru of Love","description":"Writing of Samrat Upadhyay's story collection, critics raved: \"like a Buddhist Chekhov . . . speak s] to common truths . . . startlingly good\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"subtle and spiritually complex\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Upadhyay's novel showcases his finest writing and his signature themes. \u003ci\u003eThe Guru of Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving and important story--important for what it illuminates about the human need to love as well as lust, and for the light it shines on the political situation in Nepal and elsewhere. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ramchandra is a math teacher earning a low wage and living in a small apartment with his wife and two children. Moonlighting as a tutor, he engages in an illicit affair with one of his tutees, Malati, a beautiful, impoverished young woman who is also a new mother. She provides for him what his wife, who comes from a privileged background, does not: desire, mystery, and a simpler life. Complicating matters are various political concerns and a small city bursting with the conflicts of modernization, a static government, and a changing population. Just as the city must contain its growing needs, so must Ramchandra learn to accommodate both tradition and his very modern desires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Absolutely absorbing yet deceptively simple, this novel cements Upadhyay's emerging status as one of our most exciting writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780618382682\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 5.99w x 0.80d","brand":"Samrat Upadhyay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39462509117621,"sku":"9780618382682","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_31b26dfa-eea6-4b6c-a315-770b71b5d27d.jpg?v=1615920381","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-guru-of-love-9780618382682","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}