The Tutor of History
Manjushree Thapa
Penguin
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441 pages/Rs 295
The Tutor of History by Manjushree Thapa interests the Indian reader because it offers glimpses of life in the neighbouring country of Nepal. Vignettes of a society with similar prejudices, orthodoxies and, above all, a political set-up that seems rather familiar attract the attentions of the Indian reader. The blurb calls the novel