An ancient Central Asian epic, passed down through generations, carries the reader into a world of nomads, warriors and horselords A Penguin Classic This tale from the Manas epic gives the reader startling, brilliantly colored access to the world of the horse-based nomad cultures of Central Asia. Written down in the early twentieth century but drawing on sources of antiquity, The Memorial Feast for Kökötöy Khan is the bravura telling of the story of a new and uncertain khan, Boqmurun, and his decision to hold a great gathering to commemorate the life and death of Kökötoy, his already legendary... continue
In a primeval forest cut off from the rest of the world, a seven-year-old boy and six adults are living. The boy is isolated and lonesome. A connoisseur of folk tales, old Maumoon serves as a substitute for his parents. A world of tales and beautiful legends as perceived by the impressionable child prone to fantastic perceptions of reality conflicts with the harsh existence of adults engrossed in their own problems.
Es 1942 y Yamilia vive con su familia política en una pequeña aldea kirguiza rodeada de montañas. A casi todas partes la acompaña el joven Seit, todavía un niño, fascinado por el magnético carácter y el descaro de la joven y siempre dispuesto a defenderla de cualquier agravio. Como el resto de hombres, el esposo de Yamilia lucha en el frente en defensa de la madre patria, y las mujeres, los niños y los heridos deben asumir las duras labores del campo: una tarea que se repite cada día, desde el amanecer hasta el ocaso. Pronto... continue