Placeholder text

Go to cart

Against a Peacock Sky

By Monica Connell

Product Image: Against a Peacock Sky

Against a Peacock Sky

Only 1 item left in stock
Description
For two years in the early 1980s, Monica Connell lived as a paying guest of Kalchu and Chola in the Nepalese village of Talphi. Gradually she was accepted as a member of the family, sharing its joys and sorrows as well as taking part in its various tasks, from mud-plastering the house to rice planting in the terraced fields.The village, in the Jumla region of western Nepal, was ten days' walk from the nearest road, and its only contact with the outside world was through trading expeditions: north to Tibet for salt, and south to the Indian border for cotton and metalware. Connell vividly shares her experience of this remote way of life, and describes the dramas of village life with empathy and a sense of wonder - a boar hunt in winter, the wedding of a young neighbour and the magic of the full-moon festival, when the gods descend to dance amongst the villagers.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2014-06-26
Publication Date:
2025-12-16
Publisher:
Eland Publishing
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1780600429
ISBN13:
9781780600420
Weight:
300 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
12 cm

Condition

Show more

Show less
Very good
Almost no signs of wear. Book pages have no markings, accessories are intact and all other media are in good condition.
Available immediately
€1,73

Incl. VAT, plus shipping costs

PayPal
Visa
Mastercard
American Express
Only 1 item left in stock

Verified second-hand article

Verified second-hand item

Free shipping from 19€

€1,73