टुँडाल [Tundal]

by Krishna Dharabasi, कृष्ण धरावासी

A novel depicting the picture of Kathmandu valley, more specifically, Bhaktapur.

200 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2009

About the author

Krishna Dharabasi (born in 1960) in Panchthar, Nepal is an award-winning Nepali writer and a literary critic. Dharabasi won Madan Puraskar, Nepal’s most popular literary prize, in 2005 for his bestselling novel Radha. Krishna Dharabasi moved to the United States in 2012 with his family and is said to be working on an upcoming literary project, a novel.

Reviews

[Pallavi Dhakal · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I did enjoy reading the book, I genuinely thought that the author could have actually created a good story without even mentioning about Tudal. Although the title of the book says Tudal, I somehow felt like Tudal was forcefully put in there. Towards the end, the author does reflect back on Tudal, but I couldn’t see its metaphorical link with his characters. Tudal was not weaving into the stories or the characters as much as I would have liked it to.

Over all, it was an informative read, particularly about Tudal, as to how it came into existence, and I liked the debates around it in the story. I also felt that the author was able to show different feminine characters and was particularly impressed to find strong/courageous females in the story.

[Dipak]

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[Ishwor Bista · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice one