Tilled Earth: Stories

by Manjushree Thapa

Book Overview

'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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 938227751X
• ISBN13: 9789382277514
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Aleph Book Company
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"