{"product_id":"tilled-earth-stories-9789382277514","title":"Tilled Earth : Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Manjushree Thapa\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Aleph Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Aleph Book Company\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Thapa explores disparate lives in contemporary Nepal, and weaves them into compact, jewel-bright narratives.'-Time Out Comprising perfectly crafted micro stories, and stories of conventional length, Tilled Earth off ers glimpses into the private dramas of people caught midlife: an elderly woodworker loses his way in a modern Kathmandu neighbourhood; a homesick expatriate nurses a hangover; a clerk at the Ministry of Home Affairs learns to play Solitaire on the computer; a young woman goes to Seattle as a student, and fi nds herself becoming an illegal alien; a retired secretary visits the Buddha's birthplace, Lumbini, only to find his deepest insecurities exposed.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aleph Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45675069571223,"sku":"9789382277514","price":260.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9789382277514.webp?v=1769295513","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/tilled-earth-stories-9789382277514","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}