Himalayan Dhaba: Summary and book reviews of Himalayan Dhaba by Craig Danner, plus links to an excerpt from Himalayan Dhaba and a biography of Craig Danner.

Mary, a newly widowed American doctor, travels to a remote hospital high in the Indian Himalayas to work with a colleague of her late husband. She arrives to find this other doctor missing, the hospital abandoned, and herself the only medical provider within a hundred miles. Caught between shattering loneliness and harrowing self-doubt, she struggles to overcome daunting medical and cultural obstacles in a yearlong odyssey of healing and redemption that connects her with a cast of unexpected characters.

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Salem Evening News Himalayan Dhaba is not so unlike something Paul Theroux might have written earlier in his career, and part poetry, for it is beautifully written and elegantly shaped.   Winner, Pacific Northwest Book Award First novelist Craig Danner tackles themes as lofty as the peaks that tower over his characters, while grounding his story in the closely observed details of rural life in northern India. A sense of spiritual craving permeates the book, propelling the story as swiftly as a thriller. Danner skillfully entwines the urgency and occasional despair of his heroine's medical work with the majesty and wonder of the mighty Himalayas.   Salem Statesman Journal Prose that sings...a vision that pierces the clouds at the top of the world and allows us to see beyond ourselves.   The Bellingham Herald A breathtaking display of enormous talent.   Kirkus Review An engaging debut novel...A fresh spirit animates this tale, one carefully constructed, simply narrated, and briskly organized. Pete Fromm, PNBA Award-winning author of How All This Started and Night Swimming Don't miss it. Mr. Danner is a born storyteller, and writing with rare competence, he has given us a unique and unforgettable world. Neal Stephenson, Hugo Award-winning author of Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash Himalayan Dhaba moves from gorgeous descriptions to telling insights to surprisingly gripping action with the speed and intensity of a bus plunge. Pete Sinclair, author of We Aspired The Last Innocent Americans Danner never makes a slip. He is a writer not only of place and person, but also of the soul.

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