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A number one bestseller in India and a shortlisted nomination for the Dylan Thomas Prize, The Gurkha's Daughter is a distinctive debut from a rising star in South Asian literature. This collection of stories captures the textures and sounds of the Nepalese diaspora through eight intimate, nuanced portraits, taking us from the hillside city of Darjeeling, India to a tucked away Nepalese restaurant in New York City. The daily struggles of Parajuly's characters reveal histories of war, colonial occupation, religious division, systemized oppression, and dispossession in the diverse geographical intersection of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and China. In a cruel remark by a wealthy doctor to her tenant shopkeeper, we hear the persistent injustice of the caste system; in the contentious relationship between a wealthy widow and her sister-in-law, we glimpse the restricted lives and submissive social roles of Nepalese women; and in a daughter's relationship with her father, we find a dissonance between modernity and tradition that has echoed through the generations in unexpected ways. Across different ethnicities, religions, and other social distinctions, the characters in these share a universal yearning, not just for survival but for a better life; one with love, dignity, and community. In The Gurkha's Daughter, Parajuly reveals the small acts of bravery--the sustaining, driving hope--that bind together the human experience.… (plus d'informations)
Interesting stories but rather weedy endings, 5 March 2016
This review is from: The Gurkha's Daughter (Paperback) The author is of Indian-Nepali parents, and these eight short stories feature people from that area. A Nepali woman evicted by the Bhutanese and forced to live in a refugee camp; the child of a Gurkha soldier, resentful at the British government's treatment of his people; an elderly couple, coming to terms with all their children having left for the opportunities of America... I found these stories quite readable, but they seemed to tail off to nothing, rather than having a moving conclusion - the sign of a really strong short story. ( )
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To Shivabhakta Sharma (1918-2009) of Chiureybotey Busty, Kalimpong, the best storyteller of them all
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When Parvati first heard the news by way of a phone-call from her youngest brother-in-law in Birtamod, she applied some coconut oil to her hair and called for the servant girl to massage her scalp and temples.
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A number one bestseller in India and a shortlisted nomination for the Dylan Thomas Prize, The Gurkha's Daughter is a distinctive debut from a rising star in South Asian literature. This collection of stories captures the textures and sounds of the Nepalese diaspora through eight intimate, nuanced portraits, taking us from the hillside city of Darjeeling, India to a tucked away Nepalese restaurant in New York City. The daily struggles of Parajuly's characters reveal histories of war, colonial occupation, religious division, systemized oppression, and dispossession in the diverse geographical intersection of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet, and China. In a cruel remark by a wealthy doctor to her tenant shopkeeper, we hear the persistent injustice of the caste system; in the contentious relationship between a wealthy widow and her sister-in-law, we glimpse the restricted lives and submissive social roles of Nepalese women; and in a daughter's relationship with her father, we find a dissonance between modernity and tradition that has echoed through the generations in unexpected ways. Across different ethnicities, religions, and other social distinctions, the characters in these share a universal yearning, not just for survival but for a better life; one with love, dignity, and community. In The Gurkha's Daughter, Parajuly reveals the small acts of bravery--the sustaining, driving hope--that bind together the human experience.
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This review is from: The Gurkha's Daughter (Paperback)
The author is of Indian-Nepali parents, and these eight short stories feature people from that area. A Nepali woman evicted by the Bhutanese and forced to live in a refugee camp; the child of a Gurkha soldier, resentful at the British government's treatment of his people; an elderly couple, coming to terms with all their children having left for the opportunities of America...
I found these stories quite readable, but they seemed to tail off to nothing, rather than having a moving conclusion - the sign of a really strong short story. ( )