Reviews

"This is a landscape we might never have known-a line of snow-white yurts stretching across the steppes, the dark and frozen ground of the winter camps, the disappearing glaciers, the flocks and herds. The ground beneath this novel slips under your feet even as you read; a landscape threatened by global warming and other environmental degradations; a way of life disappearing faster than you can turn the pages-yak cheese, mutton and dried juniper. A language fighting for its life." -Los Angeles Times "Milkweed Editions deserves applause for translating this important book into English. Indigenous cultures and languages have been attacked, denied and lost in boarding schools worldwide. It is an investment in our humanity to save and share stories such as this one that allow readers to understand the ... strangeness of our so-called modern lives." -Minneapolis Star Tribune