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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.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 123 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary Tale of a young Nepali peasant farmer's run of bad luck. Dhan Dhan? 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 Dhan? responsible for damages. To pay off the debt, Dhan? agrees to work another farmer's fields and offers his home and land as security.
Contents Foreword; MOUNTAINS PAINTED WITH TURMERIC; Afterword: Nepali Critcs and Basain; Notes; Bibliography.
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Language Translated from Nepali.
Subject Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- -- Translations into English.
Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933-
Nepali fiction.
Nepali fiction.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Translations.
Fiction.
Fiction.
Added Author Hutt, Michael (Michael J.)
Added Title Basim. English
Other Form: Print version: Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- Basāim̐. English. Mountains painted with turmeric. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008 9780231143561 (DLC) 2007012236 (OCoLC)88119127
ISBN 9780231512954 (electronic book)
0231512953 (electronic book)
9780231143561 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0231143567
Music No. EB00639608 Recorded Books