TILLED EARTH STORIES Taschenbuch von Manjushree Thapa

‚Thapa explores disparate lives in contemporary Nepal, and weaves them into compact, jewel-bright narratives.‘-Time Out
Comprising perfectly crafted micro stories, and stories of conventional length, Tilled Earth off ers glimpses into the private dramas of people caught midlife: an elderly woodworker loses his way in a modern Kathmandu neighbourhood; a homesick expatriate nurses a hangover; a clerk at the Ministry of Home Affairs learns to play Solitaire on the computer; a young woman goes to Seattle as a student, and fi nds herself becoming an illegal alien; a retired secretary visits the Buddha’s birthplace, Lumbini, only to find his deepest insecurities exposed. Über den Autor Manjushree Thapa is one of South Asias best-known writers. She has written two novels Seasons of Flight and The Tutor of History and four books of non-fiction: The Lives We Have Lost: Essays and Opinions on Nepal, Forget Kathmandu: