Novel · A way to begin
तीन घुम्ती
Not translated into English
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala · 1968
Synopsis
Indramaya, a young Newar woman from Kathmandu, loves Pitambar, the son of a Brahmin family. Marriage between castes is not accepted, but they marry all the same. A militant opposed to the Panchayat regime and to the king, Pitambar is thrown into prison. During his detention, Indramaya falls for Ramesh, her husband's friend, and finds herself pregnant; the narrative follows the inner struggle that ensues, according to the presentation of a Nepalese bookseller and the review of the film published in The Himalayan Times.
Context
The novel was written in prison, during its author's detention between 1960 and 1968, and was published in 1968 by Sajha Prakashan, in seventy-four pages. It is the second novel of a writer regarded as the master of the psychological novel in Nepali, and whom a commemorative stamp honours for having explored the inner workings of the human being. The story is set under the regime established by the king after the coup of 1960, the very one that kept its author locked up.
Who it is for
A short novel in Nepali, which exists neither in French nor in English. It helps to know that a union between castes was still poorly accepted in Nepal at the time.
Prizes and reception
Babu Ram Dhakal made a film from it in 2016; in its review, The Himalayan Times found it slow and badly acted.
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