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Winter pasture : one woman's journey with China's Kazakh herders / Li Juan ; translated by Jack Hargreaves and Yan Yan.

by Li, Juan, 1979- author.

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New York, NY : Astra House, a division of Astra Publishing House, [2021]

Li, Juan, 1979- -- Travel -- China.

Kazakhs -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Social life and customs.

Nomads -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Social life and customs.

Minorities -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu -- Social life and customs.

Herders -- China -- Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu.

Chinese essays -- 21st century.

Altay Diqu (China) -- In literature.

Altay Diqu (China)

China, Northwest -- Description and travel.

9781662600333 (hardcover)

166260033X (hardcover)

viii, 304 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Winter Burrow -- 1. In the Beginning -- 2. A Three-Day Journey -- 3. The Importance of Sheep Manure -- 4. Winter Pasture -- 5. Our Underground Home -- 6. Winter Slaughter -- 7. The Only Water -- 8. Cold -- 9. The Sheep's Winter -- pt. TWO Masters of the Wilds -- 10. Kama Suluv -- 11. Cuma -- 12. Sister-in-law -- 13. The Neighbors -- 14. Plum Blossom and Panda Dog -- 15. Everyone -- 16. Walking in the Wilderness -- 17. Isolation -- 18. The Only Television -- 19. Rahmethan and Nursilash -- 20. Kurmash -- 21. Zhada -- pt. THREE Serenity -- 22. Twilight -- 23. The Cattle's Winter -- 24. Food -- 25. Visitors (1) -- 26. Visitors (2) -- 27. Peace -- 28. The Final Peace -- pt. FOUR Last Things -- 29. Year of the Blizzard -- 30. What I'm Experiencing -- 31. Everything Disappears Quickly -- 32. Herding Together -- 33. Visiting Neighbors -- 34. New Neighbors -- 35. The Way Home.

"Li Juan and her mother own a small convenience store in the Altai Mountains in Northwestern China, where she writes about her life among grasslands and snowy peaks. To her neighbors' surprise, Li decides to join a family of Kazakh herders as they take their 30 boisterous camels, 500 sheep and over 100 cattle and horses to pasture for the winter. The so-called 'winter pasture' occurs in a remote region that stretches from the Ulungur River to the Heavenly Mountains. As she journeys across the vast, seemingly endless sand dunes, she helps herd sheep, rides horses, chases after camels, builds an underground home using manure, gathers snow for water, and more. With a keen eye for the understated elegance of the natural world, and a healthy dose of self-deprecating humor, Li vividly captures both the extraordinary hardships and the ordinary preoccupations of the day-to-day of the men and women struggling to get by in this desolate landscape. Her companions include Cuma, the often drunk but mostly responsible father; his teenage daughter, Kama, who feels the burden of the world on her shoulders and dreams of going to college; his reticent wife, a paragon of decorum against all odds, who is simply known as "sister-in-law." In bringing this faraway world to English language readers here for the first time, Li creates an intimate bond with the rugged people, the remote places and the nomadic lifestyle. In the signature style that made her an international sensation, Li Juan transcends the travel memoir genre to deliver an indelible and immersive reading experience on every page."

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