Isbn: 9780824825126 - stewart: secret places (manoa 13:2) (4 Ergebnisse)

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Prior to Nepal's constitutional reforms in 1990, poets and fiction writers were often jailed and censored for speaking out. Nevertheless, they developed ways to discuss social and political issues in their creative works and to express the lives of Nepal's diverse peoples. Nepali authors in Secret Places include Shailendra Sakar, Majul, Peter J. Karthak, Kesang Tseten, and Manu Brajaki. The volume also contains an informative interview with Mohan Koirala, one of Nepal's most respected poets, and Samrat's essay A Kingdom Orphaned about the effects of the massacre of the royal family on the country and its people.…

Black and white photographic illustrations, xiv + 220pp, paperback. "Secret Places features writers from Nepal. Through new fiction, poetry, and essays, the authors explore their complex nation and its diverse people: from caste discrimination and the exploitation of women to the shimmering world of the spirit." Publisher's description.…

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. xiii, 220 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. ISBN: 0824825128 ; OCLC: 48761891 ; photographic stiff paper wrappers ; Contents: A kingdom orphaned / Samrat Upadhyay -- Reaching one's own people, reaching the world / Manjushree Thapa -- Specimens of families / YU Miri -- Mohan Koirala facing questions / Govinda Bartaman -- Ghale's fugitive wife / Peter J. Karthak -- Pashupati Hotel / Narayan Dhakal -- Trap / Maya Thakuri -- The worry stone / Catherine Ryan Hyde -- Mr. Oh / Jeong Mee Kim -- A corpse, a statue, and a thousand Buddhas / Ramesh Vikal -- A swarm of bees fluttering / Alai -- Chhinar / Sanat Regmi -- The weather will be clear today and tomorrow / Manu Brajaki -- The scream / Dhruba Sapkota -- Grandchild's father / Sharon May Brown -- The yeren / Alai -- Russian names / Kesang Tseten -- Presence / Monica Wood -- Dead city / Fukunaga Takehiko -- Three poems / Gu Cheng -- Two poems / Martha Zweig -- Two poems / Bill Tremblay -- House of sharing comfort women / Ishle Park -- Two poems / Manju Kanchuli -- from Water is water / Purna Bahadur Vaidya -- Two poems / Shyamal -- Two poems / Shailendra Sakar -- Two poems / Manjul -- Three poems / Linda Gregg -- Two poems / Robert Wrigley -- Three poems / Arthur Sze. ; AS NEW. Book.…