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Author Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933-

Title Mountains painted with turmeric / Lil Bahadur Chettri ; translated from the Nepali by Michael J. Hutt
Published New York : Columbia University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 123 pages)
Contents Foreword; MOUNTAINS PAINTED WITH TURMERIC; Afterword: Nepali Critcs and Basain; Notes; Bibliography
Summary Tale of a young Nepali peasant farmer's run of bad luck. Dhan Dhané Bahadur Basnet, 25, strives to support himself; his wife, Maina; a small son; and his teenage sister, Jhumavati, and buys a buffalo on interest from a moneylender to help plant his family plot. But the buffalo's calf dies, then the buffalo rampages a neighboring field, leaving Dhané responsible for damages. To pay off the debt, Dhané agrees to work another farmer's fields and offers his home and land as security
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Translated from Nepali
Subject Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- -- Translations into English
SUBJECT Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- fast
Subject Nepali fiction.
FICTION -- General.
Nepali fiction
Genre/Form Translations
Novels.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
Author Hutt, Michael (Michael J.)
LC no. 2007012236
ISBN 9780231512954
0231512953
1322662657
9781322662657
Other Titles Basim. English