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In breve: Questo libro ci conduce nel paese reale teatro di questi cruenti avvenimenti. Un paese che non è affatto un regno indù abitato da candidi campagnoli, ma una terra complessa, dove in 150 mila chilometri quadrati - meno del 20% dei quali è arabile - vivono 26 milioni di abitanti che si dividono in novanta caste e gruppi etnici diversi, parlano settantuno lingue e dialetti, e osservano riti indù, buddhisti, animisti, musulmani, sikh e cristiani. |
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In breve: There are Sherpa values, ethics, and way of thinking that have an influence. This illustrated, easy reference book introduces the reader to the history, culture, spirituality and environment that shape Sherpa culture. Although this book is written from a Sherpa perpspective to increase cultural appreciation among younger Sherpa, other members of the Tibeto-Burman communities across the Nepal Himalaya will find surprising similarities and differences that are equally interesting |
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In breve: From the first Nepali author writing in English to be published in the West, Arresting God in Kathmandu brilliantly explores the nature of desire and spirituality in a changing society. |
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In breve: Mature and skillfully structured, these stories investigate the hidden recesses of a woman's mind. Bold, intense and honest, they narrate the life struggle of a young woman from the Nepalese countryside hankering for a fresh emotional plateau of faith in a callously modernised cityscape of the legendary Shangri-la kingdom. |
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In breve: This book introduces a selection of published 20th century Nepali texts, in both prose and verse. It contains 5 short stories, 2 essays, an extract from an autobiography, and 20 complete poems, along with 7 extracts from a longer narrative poem and provides an introduction into modern Nepali literature. |
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In breve: "Prakash Gurung's debut novel marks a new era... breathtaking intensity and variety" |
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In breve: In Sherpa, Tharkay describes his experiences traveling with Eric Shipton and H.W. Tilman and as the sirdar (head Sherpa) on Maurice Herzog’s 1950 ascent of Annapurna. Few such Sherpa accounts have been written, and fewer still from these early Himalayan expeditions. |
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In breve: The Tutor of History is a charming, sizeable novel giving detailed insights into the lives of common Nepalese townsfolk |
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