Through page 84: I have learned a lot of interesting facts about Nepal through this book already. One I found really interesting is how obsessed people are with their social standing. If you are upper class you show it, and if you are lower class you do what you can to hide it. The main character...
He feels petrified, and his body is cold and unresponsive to her touch. After some light kissing, he gently pushes her away. It’s not that he doesn’t like the kiss; he’s deathly afraid of what it’ll turn into. “Is something wrong?” she asks, and he says that he’s exhausted. She’s satisfied with t...
The steam rising off the rotis she was cooking burned his nostrils, so he backed out of the kitchen and into the narrow hallway. When she turned off the gas and joined him, he put his arms behind his back and leaned against the wall. “What should we do?” she whispered. Their seven-month-old baby ...
PANDEY’S BODY was cremated on the banks of the Bagmati River. As he had no sons, his closest nephew, a man Goma and Nalini barely knew, performed the rites. He lit the fire that quickly engulfed Mr. Pandey’s body on the funeral pyre, made of fresh wood. Ramchandra watched the smoke drift up to th...