Against a Peacock Sky: Two Years in the Life of a Nepalese Village

Against a Peacock Sky: Two Years in the Life of a Nepalese Village

by Monica Connell (Author)

Synopsis

For two years Monica Connell lived as a paying guest of Kalchu and Chola in the Nepalese Himalayan village of Talphi, ten days walk from the nearest road. This book poetically captures the immediacy of Connell's experience, and her empathy and sense of wonder at the dramas of village life - a boar hunt in winter, the wedding of a young neighbour and the magic of the full-moon festival when the gods descend to dance amongst the villagers.

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 224
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Eland Publishing Ltd
Published: 26 Jun 2014

ISBN 10: 1780600429
ISBN 13: 9781780600420

Media Reviews
Reading Connell's crystalline prose - sharp, light, sensual and correct - one wonders why can't everyone write this well? - Michael Taylor, Far Eastern Economic Review