This powerful, sweeping novel continues the saga of Dshurukawaa, the Tuvan shepherd boy introduced in The Blue Sky. Torn between the onset of visions and pressure from his family to attend a state boarding school, the adolescent attempts to mediate...
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This powerful, sweeping novel continues the saga of Dshurukawaa, the Tuvan shepherd boy introduced in The Blue Sky. Torn between the onset of visions and pressure from his family to attend a state boarding school, the adolescent attempts to mediate the pull of spirituality and pragmatism, old ways and new. Taken from his ancestral home, he reunites with his siblings at a boarding school, where his brother also serves as principal. Soon he comes to understand that the main purpose of the school is to strip the Tuvans of their language and traditions, and to make them conform to party ideals. Wh
Contents; The Spirit; Brother; The World beyond the River; Number One Hundred; The Prisoner; The Onset of Winter; Wrong Question; Little Blue Mouse; The Black Tail of the White Rabbit; All-Good and Half -Good Days; Day without Sky; A Stove Goes Out; Devouring the Stone; Glossary;
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