Abstract:
In this thesis, Han Suyin's novel The Mountain is Young is closely analyzed as a semi-autobiographical piece of literary work portraying the political and personal clash of cultures between East and West as perceived by Han, a Eurasian writer of Chinese-Flemish ancestry and British citizenship, while on a diplomatic visit in Asia. Written and published during the second half of the 1950s, The Mountain is Young is set in Nepal in 1956 on the occasion of the coronation of the then Nepalese king. As such, the novel is examined through its central themes, cultural clash and identity search, which are then continuously traced back to the author's inspiration to write about them.
