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Mountains Painted with Turmeric by Lil Bahadur Chettri Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description Since its publication in the late 1950s, &quot;Mountains Painted with Turmeric&quot; has struck a chord in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Nepali readers. Set in the hills of far eastern Nepal, the novel offers readers a window into the lives of the people by depicting in subtle detail the stark realities of village life.Carefully translated from the original text, &quot;Mountains Painted with Turmeric&quot; tells the story of a peasant farmer named Dhan (which means, ironically, &quot;wealthy one&quot;) who is struggling to provide for his wife and son and arrange the marriage of his beautiful younger sister. Unable to keep up with the financial demands of the &quot;big men&quot; who control his village, Dhan and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them into exile.In haunting prose, Lil Bahadur Chettri portrays the &quot;dukha,&quot; or suffering and sorrow, endured by ordinary peasants; the exploitation of the poor by the rich and powerful; and the social conservatism that twists a community into punishing a woman for being the victim of a crime. Chettri describes the impoverishment, dispossession, and banishment of Dhan&#039;s family to expose profound divisions between those who prosper and those who are slowly stripped of their meager possessions. Yet he also conveys the warmth and intimacy of village society, from which Dhan and his family are ultimately excluded. Publisher Description Since its publication in the late 1950s, Mountains Painted with Turmeric has struck a chord in the hearts of hundreds of thousands of Nepali readers. Set in the hills of far eastern Nepal, the novel offers readers a window into the lives of the people by depicting in subtle detail the stark realities of village life. Carefully translated from the original text, Mountains Painted with Turmeric tells the story of a peasant farmer named Dhane (which means, ironically, "wealthy one") who is struggling to provide for his wife and son and arrange the marriage of his beautiful younger sister. Unable to keep up with the financial demands of the "big men" who control his village, Dhane and his family suffer one calamity after another, and a series of quarrels with fellow villagers forces them into exile. In haunting prose, Lil Bahadur Chettri portrays the dukha, or suffering and sorrow, endured by ordinary peasants; the exploitation of the poor by the rich and powerful; and the social conservatism that twists a community into punishing a woman for being the victim of a crime.Chettri describes the impoverishment, dispossession, and banishment of Dhane's family to expose profound divisions between those who prosper and those who are slowly stripped of their meager possessions.Yet he also conveys the warmth and intimacy of village society, from which Dhane and his family are ultimately excluded. Author Biography Lil Bahadur Chettri is an Indian Nepali who lives in the state of Assam in northeast India. He is the author of two additional novels, The Unfulfilled and On the Banks of the Brahmaputra. Michael J. Hutt is professor of Nepali and Himalayan Studies in the Department of the Languages and Cultures of South Asia at the School of African and Oriental Studies in London. He is the author of Modern Literary Nepali: An Introductory Reader and Unbecoming Citizens: Culture, Nationhood, and the Flight of Refugees from Bhutan. Details ISBN 0231143567 ISBN-13 9780231143561 Title Mountains Painted with Turmeric Author Lil Bahadur Chettri Format Hardcover Year 2008 Pages 123 Publisher Columbia University Press GE_Item_ID:6924291; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. 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Columbia University Press, Relié, 128 Seiten, Publiziert: 2007-12-28T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Livre, Hersteller-Nr.: 9 halftones, 0.62 kg, Livres anglais et étrangers, Boutiques, Livres, Critiques, analyses et essais, Livres de référence, Romans et littérature, Thèmes, Asie, Monde, Histoire, Columbia University Press, 2007<