Prajwal Parajuly (Boeken)

Prajwal Parajuly Boeken

Prajwal Parajuly's schrijfwerk dompelt lezers onder in de ervaringen van Nepalissprekende mensen en hun rijke cultuur. Zijn werk dramatiseert levendig de levens van Nepalezen en de diaspora, en biedt unieke perspectieven op hun reizen. Door een stijl die is aangescherpt door zijn opvoeding en diverse educatieve achtergrond, heeft Parajuly zich snel gevestigd als een belangrijke literaire stem. Lezers zullen zijn meeslepende verkenning van centrale thema's voor de Nepalese gemeenschap waarderen.

Land Where I Flee

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Three Westernized siblings return to their Himalayan hometown, but a game of happy families is the last thing on the cards. To commemorate Chitralekha Nepauney's Chaurasi - her landmark 84th birthday - three of Chitralekha's grandchildren are travelling to Gangtok, Sikkim, to pay their respects. Agastaya is flying in from New York. Although a successful oncologist, he is terrified of his family's inquisition into why he is not married, and even more terrified that the reason for his bachelordom will be discovered. Joining him are Manasa and Bhagwati, travelling from London and Colorado respectively. One the Oxford-educated achiever; the other the disgraced eloper - one moneyed but miserable; the other ostracized but optimistic. BUT A GAME OF HAPPY FAMILIES IS THE LAST THING ON THE CARDS...All three harbour the same dual objective: to emerge from the celebrations with their formidable grandmother's blessing and their nerves intact: a goal that will become increasingly impossible thanks to a mischievous maid and a fourth, uninvited guest.