Mountains painted with turmeric /
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Author / Creator: | Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- |
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Uniform title: | Basim. English |
Imprint: | New York : Columbia University Press, 2008. |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 123 pages) |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11165839 |
Other authors / contributors: | Hutt, Michael (Michael J.) |
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ISBN: | 9780231512954 0231512953 1322662657 9781322662657 9780231143561 0231143567 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Translated from Nepali. |
Summary: | Tale of a young Nepali peasant farmer's run of bad luck. Dhan Dhané 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 Dhané responsible for damages. To pay off the debt, Dhané agrees to work another farmer's fields and offers his home and land as security. |
Other form: | Print version: Kshatrī, Līla Bahādura, 1933- Basāim̐. English. Mountains painted with turmeric. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2008 9780231143561 |
Publisher's no.: | EB00639608 Recorded Books |
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