Kathmandu, Nov. 1 -- The English translation of Narayan Wagle's 'Koreana Coffee Guff' is now available.

A former journalist, Wagle used to write the popular column 'Coffee Guff' in an informal conversational style. The column was widely read and readers still associate Wagle with that very flavour of writing. Wagle shared, "The style that brought me many readers-I have adopted the same in 'Koreana Coffee Guff'. However, this is not a collection of my previous columns, but a new creation."

The book has been translated into English by Prabin Adhikari. According to Adhikari, after the restrictive Panchayat era, when Nepali society was just beginning to open up, Wagle played a key role in giving the Nepali language a new level of openness a...