The dust of zeitgeist on the furniture of the mind

Manjushree Thapa's translation of new Nepali literature is out. Here's what the inside of the book jacket has to say-

Modern Nepali literature started late, in the 1930s. As a response to state censorship, one group of high modernists sought to locate human freedom in the play of language. Another group wrote more directly in favor of social justice. From these pioneers emerged the 'democrats' and the 'progressives,' the distinctions between which have gradually blurred since the re-establishment of democracy in 1990.