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''Palpasa Cafe'' (Nepali:पल्पसा क्याफे) is a novel by Nepali author Narayan Wagle. It tells the story of an artist, Drishya, during the height of the Nepalese Civil War. The novel is partly a love story of Drishya and the first generation American Nepali, Palpasa, who has returned to the land of her parents after 9/11. It is often called an anti-war novel, and describes the effects of the civil war on the Nepali countryside that Drishya travels to. The book has been a best-seller in Nepal, creating a sales record for a Nepali book of 25,000 copies in the first year.〔http://www.ekantipur.com/the-kathmandu-post/2010/12/31/features/the-future-of-nepali-literature/216705/〕 It was Wagle's first book. Since its release, the book has received many honours including the highly prestigious literary award in Nepal, the Madan Puraskar. After Palpasa Cafe, Wagle has written another best-selling book, Mayur Times. The book was written originally in Nepali and was later translated into English and Korean. The book has sold over 52,000 copies as of July 2012. Palpasa Cafe has officially became the first Nepali novel available in Kindle, it also comes in various portable and ebook formats like mobi and pdf. ==Plot summary== The Prologue is Narayan Wagle's POV. He tells us that he is planning to write a novel and waiting for Drishya, an artist whose story he was writing. He starts to tell the reader about Drishya's dream project, a resort with library, art gallery, internet facilities built in local architecture and named Palpasa Cafe. Wagle reveals his concerns that the situation in the country wasn't conductive to realise his dream. He later finds out that Drishya was kidnapped. The story of Drishya begins in Goa, India. He meets a fellow Nepalese girl named Palpasa at the Coconut Bar and Pineapple Restaurant. They strike up a conversation after he reveals himself to be the author of the book that she was reading earlier that day. He cancels his plan to go to Kerela the next day and meets with Palpasa. They they go their own ways. He returns to Kathmandu tells the story how a Dutch woman named Christina made a comment that 'You make beautiful paintings but they're cold' which caused him to get anxious when he couldn't figure out the reason for his painting being "cold". She later sends him a letter explaining that she figured that the color of the walls were bad for his painting. He meets with Palpasa when he reaches an old house in search for some old books. After the Royal Massacre in Narayanhiti Durbar, he receives a visit from an old friend, Siddhartha from his college days. Siddhartha says that he is a Maoist in hiding and requests to take shelter. They start talking and they begin to converse about the situation of Nepal. Siddhartha says that the violence is for the greater good while Drishya condemns him for all the suffering due to Civil War. Siddhartha then challenges Drishya to visit the hilly countryside under the control of the Maoist to see "the world they had created." By the end of his trip, Siddhartha is killed and Palpasa dies in an explosion. He returns to Kathmandu and tries to continue with his life. He finds a letter written for him by Palpasa in which she professed her love for him, declares her anger that he left without any explanation and her desire to start filming the events in the war-torn regions of Nepal. Later he states that he wants to build a cafe in his village named Palpasa Cafe along with trekking route that will help in the development of the village. He begins a series of paintings called 'Palpasa Cafe'. Later some people who claim to be police ask him to come with them. He is taken to a van and then the story ends from Drishya's POV. In the epilogue, Wagle tells us that "Drishya disappeared long ago" and he is tired of vainly searching for him. He also tells us that he has completed the novel. He is then contacted by a girl named Gemini who insists on meeting him him right away. He starts to think about his job, the state of Nepal and then about his conversation with Drishya when he asked to write his story. He wonders if he could have added more to the Drishya's story and admits that the story he wrote was about Drishya he knew, not what others knew about him. He revleas that he got to read a mail by Christina who is now back home and with her boyfriend. He meets with Gemini with whom he starts conversation and she discloses her intention of meeting him, to help her find a missing friend of hers. When he starts asking for details, he is startled to find that the "friend" she is looking for is Palpasa. a girl who wants his help to find her friend. He soon realizes that "the friend" she is looking for is Palpasa. He then tells her that she is dead and gives her the draft of the book printed in A4 paper with big bold letters on front-PALPASA CAFE. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Palpasa Cafe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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