| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 123 pages) |
| 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. |
| Language |
Translated from Nepali. |
| Subject |
Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- -- Translations into English.
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Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- (OCoLC)fst01532482
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Nepali fiction.
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Kshatri, Lila Bahadura.
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FICTION -- General.
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Nepali fiction. (OCoLC)fst01035933
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| Genre/Form |
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
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| Added Author |
Hutt, Michael (Michael J.)
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| Added Title |
Basim. English
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| 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 bk.) |
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0231512953 (electronic bk.) |
| Music No. |
EB00639608 Recorded Books |
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