The City Son by Samrat Upadhyay audiobook

The City Son

By Samrat Upadhyay
Read by Priya Ayyar

Blackstone Publishing 9781616953812

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781483013701

  • ISBN: 9781483013688

  • ISBN: 9781483013695

Runtime: 5.58 Hours
Category: Fiction/Literary
Audience: Adult
Language: English
Sign In For Price

Summary

Summary

Longlisted for the 2015 PEN Literary Award

Acclaimed and award-winning author Samrat Upadhyay—the first Nepali-born fiction writer writing in English to be published in the West—has crafted a spare, understated work examining a taboo subject: a scorned 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, The City Son is a novel not soon forgotten.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Author Upadhyay tells his story with simple and direct prose…The multicharacter narration adds dramatic depth.” —Publishers Weekly
“Examines the vengeance of a truly evil woman scorned…Not for the faint of heart.” —Booklist
“Upadhyay is among the smoothest and most noiseless of contemporary writers.” —Los Angeles Times, praise for the author
“Priya Ayyar delivers a vivid and lively narration of personal entanglements. She deftly manages both the narrative voice, which has a neutral English accent, and the subcontinental accent that conveys the dialogue and thoughts of the Nepalese characters. In bringing to life the competition between women for scarce resources in the developing world, she dramatizes the tension at the core of the story. The listener keenly feels the stress of the two female characters who fight for the same man’s attention and for his financial support of their children, two legitimate, one not. The story is not for the faint of heart as it exposes the worst that can come from human desperation. Ayyar’s pitch, tone, and pace keep listeners invested in the characters to the bitter end.” —AudioFile

Reviews

Reviews

Be the first to review this product

Author

Author Bio: Samrat Upadhyay

Author Bio: Samrat Upadhyay

Samrat Upadhyay was born and raised in Nepal. He is the author of Arresting God in Kathmandu, a Whiting Award winner; The Royal Ghosts; The Guru of Love, a New York Times Notable Book and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year; and Buddha’s Orphans. He has written for the New York Times and has appeared on BBC Radio and National Public Radio. Upadhyay teaches in the creative writing program at Indiana University.

Titles by Author

Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Literary
Runtime: 5.58
Audience: Adult
Language: English

1-800-621-0182

Serving libraries since 1987, Blackstone Library is your one-stop shop for audiobooks. We are dedicated to providing top-quality audio content, offering over 82,500 unabridged titles—with more than 1,000 new releases and 625+ exclusive titles added each month.

©2025 Blackstone Library . All rights reserved. Privacy Terms of Use Purchase Terms Cookie Policy ©2025 Blackstone Library . All rights reserved.