Suncranes and Other Stories : : Modern Mongolian Short Fiction.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Anudar, S.,; Baast, B.,; Bathuyag, P.,; Bolor-Erdene, H.,; Buyannemeh, S.,; Chimid, D.,; Damdinsüren, Ts.,; Dashdoorov, S.,; Erdene, S.,; Galsan, Ch.,; Garmaa, D.,; Lodoidamba, Ch.,; Luvsantseren, P.,; Mend-Ooyo, G.,; Namdag, D.,; Natsagdorj, D.,; Rinchen, B.,; Tsend, O.,; Udval, S.,; Ulambayar, Ts.,; Uyansüh, M.,; Yadamsüren, M.,; Ölziitögs, L.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Over the course of the twentieth century, Mongolian life was transformed, as a land of nomadic communities encountered first socialism and then capitalism and their promises of new societies. The stories collected in this anthology offer literary snapshots of Mongolian life throughout this tumult. Suncranes and Other Stories showcases a range of powerful voices and their vivid portraits of nomads, revolution, and the endless steppe.Spanning the years following the socialist revolution of 1921 through the early twenty-first century, these stories from the country’s most highly regarded prose writers show how Mongolian culture has forged links between the traditional and the modern. Writers employ a wide range of styles, from Aesopian fables through socialist realism to more experimental forms, influenced by folktales and epics as well as Western prose models. They depict the drama of a nomadic population struggling to understand a new approach to life imposed by a foreign power while at the same time benefiting from reforms, whether in the capital city Ulaanbaatar or on the steppe. Across the mix of stories, Mongolia’s majestic landscape and the people’s deep connection to it come through vividly. For all English-speaking readers curious about Mongolia’s people and culture, Simon Wickhamsmith’s translations make available this captivating literary tradition and its rich portrayals of the natural and social worlds.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- A Note on Mongolian Names -- 1. Something Wonderful -- 2. The Shelducks -- 3. Dark Cliffs -- 4. Things That Had Never Been Seen -- 5. The Young Couple -- 6. What Changed Soli -- 7. Two White Things -- 8. The Morning of the First -- 9. The Saiga -- 10. A Great Mystery -- 11. Bunia Takes Wing -- 12. Waiting for What He Has Lost -- 13. The Green- painted Car -- 14. Images from a Single Day -- 15. Blue as Water -- 16. He Came with a Spare Horse -- 17. Suncranes -- 18. The Cricket -- 19. The Wolf ’s Lair -- 20. The Ballad of the Unweaned Camel -- 21. Hulan -- 22. Heaven’s Daughter -- 23. Raul and Raul -- 24. Everything -- 25. Room for Rent -- 26. Wings -- 27. The Composer -- Glossary -- Notes on the Stories -- Acknowledgments