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The unobtrusive public interest in books is conspicuous in many English books on various subjects flowing into Kathmandu’s book market and the consistently growing publication of Nepali books. The ...

Since then, she’s written essays, a memoir and a children’s book. Now, after 12 years, her long-awaited fourth novel, “Dream Count,” arrives. It tells the story of four women — a ...

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