Long Night of Storm, a collection of short stories by the renowned Indian writer of Nepali descent, Indra Bahadur Rai, and translated from Nepali into English by Prawin Adhikari, was launched in Kathman­du this week. The book is published by Speaking Tiger, New Delhi.Adhikari is also the writer of the short story collections ‘The Vanish­ing Act’ and ‘Folk Gods’.

 

Writers and translators Khagen­dra Sangroula and Muna Gurung spoke about the book at the event and about Rai’s contributions to Nepali literature. Following their speeches, Adhikari shared his experiences of meeting Rai and translating his stories.

 

The event was jointly organized by Quixote’s Cove, Speaking Tiger and Station 5 Café.

 

Long Night of Storm contains 16 stories picked from Rai’s two short story collections: ‘Bipana Katipaya’ and ‘Kathastha’. APEX BUREAU