Research Catalog

Title

Between queens and the cities : a memoir / Niranjan Kunwar.

Author

Kunwar, Niranjan

Publication

Kathmandu : FinePrint Books, 2020.

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Description

xiii, 305 pages : illustrations (black and white); 21 cm

Summary

"Between Queens and the cities is the riveting tale of a 19-year-old Nepali gay man and his long journey from Kathmandu to New York and back. Set against the backdrop of contemporary Nepal, the author reveals, with elan and ease, queer spaces where friendships are fostered outside the normalcy accorded to family and marriage. In the process, he introduces many fellow travellers of the LGBTIQ community. with rare courage and outrageous emothional honesty, the author lays bare the ceaseless conflict of the mind and heart in exporing sexuality. He also compels the reader to interrogate dominant notions regarding love and longing and in doing so, reveals dynamic relationships that are not confined to the rrealm of queer intimacy alone. This memoir on the shaping of queer identity in the South Asian context bristles with deeper questions regarding belonging."--- page 4 of cover

Subject

• Kunwar, Niranjan
• Gay men > Kathmandu > Biography
• Gay men > New York > Biography
• Homosexuels masculins > Katmandou > Biographies
• Gay men
• Travel
• Nepal > Kathmandu
• New York (State)

Genre/Form

Biographies

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

At the center of the world -- Between Queens and the cities -- Hanging and floating -- Where do you live? -- On returning -- No one sings our songs -- Epilogue : The year 2019.

ISBN

• 9789937746007
• 9937746000
• 9798697756034
• 993766599X
• 9789937665995
• 9789937665995 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020331339

OCLC

• 1226774102
• SCSB-14493014

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library