I am rather on the fence re these short stories: I didn't hate them but I thought they lacked psychological insight/depth and also, they were relentlessly showing people's worst sides, which is not what I want to read right now. Still, I learnt a lot about life in Nepal.
#Nepal #FoodandLit
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Pic of Durbar Square, Kathmandy by Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
so-soIf you don‘t mind short stories with zero resolution, this is the book for you. The stories convey a lot about life in #Nepal, but other than that, every story disappoints—they just end. The author also includes at least one se*ual act, whether the story needs it or not, in almost every story. I can‘t recommend this book, but it may work for others. Fortunately it‘s a pretty quick read. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
It‘s that magic moment when my #foodandlit book mentions food! What are momos? Off to Google!
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February is close enough so I‘m starting this book for #foodandlit #Nepal @Catsandbooks #litsyatoz #letterA
Starting my choice for this month's #BookedinTime
I am already fully engrossed in this dense, tragic history of Indian Independence at the close of the Second World War.
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The American Centre used to send scholars to lecture us on this. To the extent that we've heard lectures where [American] scholars have told us how great Saudi Arabian society was, and that women could operate within their own sphere of life. After a while people said, well, if it's such a great and romantic system, perhaps the United States needs to import it themselves.
