Summer Love (novel)
Summer Love is a Nepali novel by Subin Bhattarai published by Fine Print in 2012.
Author | Subin Bhattarai |
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Original title | समर लभ |
Translator | Pratima Sharma |
Cover artist | Prinsha Shrestha (Model), Kishor Kayastha (Image), Subarna Humagai (Format)[1] |
Country | Nepal |
Language | Nepali / English |
Genre | Love story |
Publisher | Fine Print |
Publication date | 2012 |
Media type | |
Pages | 247 |
ISBN | 9789937856386 |
Followed by | Saaya |
Bhattarai's second book and first novel,[2] the plot concerns college students at the Central Department of Environmental Science (CDES) at Tribhuvan University falling in love.[3] It was a best selling book in Nepal with in excess of 20,000 copies sold,[4][5] and one of the best-selling books in the country for the year.[6] Saaya is the sequel Summer Love Novel. Summer Love is now available in English. Pratima Sharma translated the book from Nepali to English.
A sequel titled Saaya was released in September 2014.
Plot
Atit is curious to find out the entrance topper Saaya, who also has the same way back to home as Atit has. At that time, they fall in love but as the college finishes, Atit has to go to Dhangadi and Saaya; Norway. But as time passed, Atit starts a search for Saaya and goes to Norway. He meets his friend at that moment and tells the story as it happened.[4][7][8]
References
- "समर लभकी साया". Himal Khabarpatrika. 24 February 2013.
- Dhamala, Roshani(29 November 2013). Book Chat: Of tales, telling, and narration, República
- Gautam, Manish (25 January 2013). A flair for the dramatic, The Kathmandu Post
- (9 September 2014). Subin Bhattarai continues love story with 'Saaya', República (discussing "sequel to author Subin Bhattarai’s bestselling novel ‘Summer Love’")
- Fineprint.com entry on "Summer Love", in Nepali, Retrieved October 2014
- (28 November 2013). Boosting one’s creative arsenal, The Kathmandu Post
- (4 September 2014). समर लभको दोस्रो भाग २३ गते, Nagarik News (in Nepali)
- (13 September 2014). Youngsters throng Sabin's Saaya launch, The Himalayan Times