Tilled Earth Stories - MANJUSHREE THAPA

thapa Explores Disparate Lives In Contemporary Nepal, And Weaves Them Into Compact, Jewel-bright Narratives.'-time Outcomprising 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 On The Computer; A Young Woman Goes To Seattle As A Student, And Fi Nds Herself Becoming An Illegal Alien; A Retired Secretary Visits The Buddhas Birthplace, Lumbini, Only To Find His Deepest Insecurities Exposed.