Winter pasture : one woman's journey with China's Kazakh herders
Title:
Winter pasture : one woman's journey with China's Kazakh herders
Author:
Li, Juan, 1979- author.
ISBN:
9781662600333
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Uniform Title:
Dong mu chang. English.
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Books
General Note:
Originally published in the Chinese language as 'Dong mu chang' by New Star Press 2012 Thingkingdom Media Group.
Contents:
Winter Burrow -- In the Beginning -- A Three-Day Journey -- The Importance of Sheep Manure -- Winter Pasture -- Our Underground Home -- Winter Slaughter -- The Only Water -- Cold -- The Sheep's Winter -- Masters of the Wilds -- Kama Suluv -- Cuma -- Sister-in-law -- The Neighbors -- Plum Blossom and Panda Dog -- Everyone -- Walking in the Wilderness -- Isolation -- The Only Television -- Rahmethan and Nursilash -- Kurmash -- Zhada -- Serenity -- Twilight -- The Cattle's Winter -- Food -- Visitors (1) -- Visitors (2) -- Peace -- The Final Peace -- Last Things -- Year of the Blizzard -- What I'm Experiencing -- Everything Disappears Quickly -- Herding Together -- Visiting Neighbors -- New Neighbors -- The Way Home.
Abstract:
"An award-winning travel memoir from China documents how the author, a girl from the Altai Mountains, joined a Kazakh family of camel, sheep and cattle herders during their winter pasture migration from the Ulungur River to the Heavenly Mountains"-- Provided by publisher.
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