From the memoir: A Gurkha soldier’s childhood in the treacherous mountains of Nepal

[ad_1] It was a morning in the rainy season. I was nine years old, and I was about to set off with my father to walk to the house of my great uncle further down the valley. It had been...

‘A Flat Place’: A memoir of landscapes, the hometown, and complex relationships with family

[ad_1] Noreen Masud begins her memoir A Flat Place with a straightforward reveal: “Flat landscapes had always given meaning to a world that made no sense to me.” It is this honest and brave tone that remains with me long...