| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
x, 306 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-306). |
| Contents |
Prologue: The stories I learned -- The first nine: Milk vodka congeals / Tuukh: The grave and the petroglyph -- The second nine: Vodka congeals / Tuukh: The world conqueror, once repressed, now abundant, who sells beer for a living: and other thoughts on Chinggis Khan -- The third nine: The tail of the three-year-old ox freezes -- The fourth nine: The horns of the four-year-old ox freeze / Tuukh: Pinkies pointed downward: Why Mongolians hate the Chinese -- The fifth nine: Boiled rice no longer congeals / Tuukh: Mystics, money, sex, and the armies of God: The story of Mongolian Buddhism -- The sixth nine: Roads blacken -- The seventh nine: Hilltops appear / Tuukh: The train that passed through the station: Mongolia during Soviet times -- The eighth nine: the ground becomes damp -- The ninth nine: Warm days set in -- Epilogue: How the stories end. |
| Subject |
Davis, Matthew -- Travel -- Mongolia.
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Mongolia -- Description and travel.
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| ISBN |
9780312607739 |
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0312607733 |
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