The stories in New Nepal, New Voices illustrate that Nepali writing in English is not only alive but bursting with energy. Gone are the days of tortured metaphors borrowed from Shelley and Keats, the days of believing that the only way we could write was by mimicking the literary giants of our southern neighbor. The narratives in this book are distinctively Nepali, but they also move beyond the boundaries of the parochial, landlocked Nepal and reveal a country whose physical space is as fluid as its national identity.