Suncranes and Other Stories
Subtitle: Modern Mongolian Short Fiction
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2021
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780231196772
Copyright date: 2021
Description: "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 traditional and modern life. 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: label: Front Matter
pagenum: i |; label: Table of Contents
pagenum: v |; label: Introduction
pagenum: ix |; label: A Note On Mongolian Names
pagenum: xvii |; label: 1 Something Wonderful
title: S. Buyannemeh
pagenum: 1; label: 2 The Shelducks
title: D. Chimid
pagenum: 6; label: 3 Dark Cliffs
title: D. Natsagdorj
pagenum: 11; label: 4 Things That Have Never Been Seen
title: D. Natsagdorj
pagenum: 18; label: 5 The Young Couple
title: M. Yadamsüren
pagenum: 29; label: 6 What Changed Soli
title: Ts. Damdinsüren
pagenum: 65; label: 7 Two White Things
title: Ts. Damdinsüren
pagenum: 76; label: 8 The Morning Of The First
title: Ts. Ulambayar
pagenum: 83; label: 9 The Saiga
title: Ch. Lodoidamba
pagenum: 87; label: 10 A Great Mystery
title: O. Tsend
pagenum: 93; label: 11 Bunia Takes Wing
title: B. Rinchen
pagenum: 103; label: 12 Waiting For What He Has Lost
title: D. Namdag
pagenum: 111; label: 13 The Green-Painted Car
title: Ts. Ulambayar
pagenum: 119; label: 14 Images From A Single Day
title: B. Baast
pagenum: 122; label: 15 Blue As Water
title: P. Luvsantseren
pagenum: 127; label: 16 He Came With A Spare Horse
title: S. Udval
pagenum: 140; label: 17 Suncranes
title: S. Erdene
pagenum: 146; label: 18 The Cricket
title: S. Dashdoorov
pagenum: 153; label: 19 The Wolf's Lair
title: D. Garmaa
pagenum: 158; label: 20 The Ballad Of The Unweaned Camel
title: G. Mend-Ooyo
pagenum: 169; label: 21 Hulan
title: S. Erdene
pagenum: 179; label: 22 Heaven's Daughter
title: Ch. Galsan
pagenum: 197; label: 23 Raul And Raul
title: L. Ölziitögs
pagenum: 202; label: 24 Everything
title: S. Anudar
pagenum: 217; label: 25 Room For Rent
title: H. Bolor-Erdene
pagenum: 242; label: 26 Wings
title: P. Bathuyag
pagenum: 248; label: 27 The Composer
title: M. Uyansüh
pagenum: 253; label: Glossary
pagenum: 257 |; label: Notes On The Stories
pagenum: 259 |; label: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 277 |