Against a Peacock Sky: Two Years in the Life of a Nepalese Village
Monica Connell
ISBN 10: 1780600429 ISBN 13: 9781780600420
Published by Eland Publishing, 2014
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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.
Review: 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
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Title: Against a Peacock Sky: Two Years in the Life...
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Publication Date: 2014
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: very good