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Abandoned at Old Age: Aging in Contemporary Nepali Short Fiction

Author

Komal Prasad Phuyal, PhD, Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Keywords: Aging, elderly people, literary gerontology, Nepali fiction, loneliness

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How to Cite

MLA 9th Edition 

Phuyal, Komal Prasad. “Abandoned at Old Age: Aging in Contemporary Nepali Short Fiction.” BL COLLEGE JOURNAL, vol. 5, no. 2, Dec. 2023, pp. 69-80. https://doi.org/10.62106/blc2023v5i2eg2.

APA 7th Edition

Phuyal, K. P. (2023). Abandoned at Old Age: Aging in Contemporary Nepali Short Fiction. BL COLLEGE JOURNAL5(2), 69-80. https://doi.org/10.62106/blc2023v5i2eg2

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