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Ladataan... Winter Pasture: One Woman's Journey with China's Kazakh HerdersTekijä: Li Juan
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Very interesting insight into two cultures I don't know that much about, in the narrator and the subject. This is a very casual slice-of-life sort of narrative, and the tone was sometimes a bit jarring, but overall that allowed me to feel familiar with an entire life. I ended up checking out the audio which, while not my favorite audio, was a better fit for how I wanted to explore this story. Newly translated and now many more people can revel in the journey. I can see why this book has such a reputation and am glad it’s now available for more of us. Li Juan spends a very rugged winter amongst the land and surrounded by nature that she brings to life as a painter with a brush might. Deciding to do something bold and different Li joins with a traditional herding family as they move their horses, camels, sheep and cattle to winter pasture which is many days frozen trek from home. There Li works the land and overwinters in a setting unlike anything she’s encounters before and shares the experiences with the animals and the family with us lucky readers. Definitely a perfect read for a cozy winter day. näyttää 4/4 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Biography & Autobiography.
Travel.
Nonfiction.
Li Juan and her mother own a small convenience store in the Altai Mountains in Northwestern China, where she writes about her life among grasslands and snowy peaks. To her neighbors' surprise, Li decides to join a family of Kazakh herders as they take their thirty boisterous camels, 500 sheep and over 100 cattle and horses to pasture for the winter. The so-called "winter pasture" occurs in a remote region that stretches from the Ulungur River to the Heavenly Mountains. As she journeys across the vast, seemingly endless sand dunes, she helps herd sheep, rides horses, chases after camels, builds an underground home using manure, gathers snow for water, and more. With a keen eye for the understated elegance of the natural world, and a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor, Li vividly captures both the extraordinary hardships and the ordinary preoccupations of the day-to-day of the men and women struggling to get by in this desolate landscape. Her companions include Cuma, the often drunk but mostly responsible father; his teenage daughter, Kama, who feels the burden of the world on her shoulders and dreams of going to college; his reticent wife, a paragon of decorum against all odds, who is simply known as "sister-in-law.". Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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It's a beautifully written and fascinating account of a way of life that is disappearing.