Against a Peacock Sky
by Connell, Monica
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- 1st Penguin ed VG pb
- Seller
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Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Penguin Books, 1993 reprint. 1st Penguin ed VG pb. the story of her friendship with a Nepalese family who gave her a place in their house, and with their children, especially Kali; of boar-hunting with the village men in midwinter, celebrating the full-moon festival, trekking miles to a traditional Hindu wedding; and of the realities of the subsistence farmer's life - washing in icy water, being plagued by flies and working on the land for as long as the light lasts; the book is a hauntingly beautiful evocation of Nepalese village life
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bob Worth Mountain Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- C00104
- Title
- Against a Peacock Sky
- Author
- Connell, Monica
- Book Condition
- Used - 1st Penguin ed VG pb
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1993 reprint
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nepal; Himalaya;
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About the Seller
Bob Worth Mountain Books
Biblio member since 2017
Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
About Bob Worth Mountain Books
I am a private collector (also a fell runner, skier & mountaineer) who, after collecting Mountaineering and Travel books for almost 50 years, now need to start shifting some of the collection due to space constrictions.
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