| Stewart: Secret Places (Manoa 13:2) Contributor(s): Stewart, Frank (Editor), Upadhyay, Samrat (Editor), Thapa, Manjushree (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0824825128 ISBN-13: 9780824825126 Publisher: University of Hawaii Press OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: Secret Places features new fiction, poetry, and nonfiction prose from Nepal. The collection allows Western readers a rare glimpse into contemporary Nepal and the Himalayan region through their literature. 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 people. Since 1990, Nepali writers have become increasingly outspoken on such sensitive issues as caste, politics, and the status of women. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7.04" W x 10" (1.06 lbs) 220 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |