Himalayan Voices: An Introduction To Modern Nepali Literature

Author: Micheal James HuttTranslator(s)/ Edito: Micheal James HuttPublisher: Motilal BanarsidassYear: 2007Language: EnglishPages: 333ISBN/UPC (if available): 9788120811560 DescriptionHimalayan Voices provides admirers of Nepal and lovers of literature with their first glimpse of the vibrant literary scene in Nepal today.An introduction to the two most developed genres of modern Nepali literature - poetry and the short story – this work profiles eleven of Nepal’s most distinguished poets and offers translations of more than eighty poems written from 1916 to 1986. Twenty of the most interesting and best-known examples of the Nepali short story are translated into English for the first time by Michael Hutt. All provide vivid descriptions of Life in twentieth-century Nepal.While the Nepali short story adapted its present form only during the early 1930s, it has developed a surprisingly high degree of sophistication. These stories offer insights into the workings of Nepali society: into cas