Serbia (Clio)
Nine: to the nomads, a holy number.
In this extraordinary historico-psychological novel, Galsan Tschinag uses powerful, archaic language to tell of the life of Genghis Khan: in nine daydreams and dreams, the dying world leader looks back on his successes and his defeats, his hopes and his fears.
Genghis Khan has long become a myth, even today, in Mongolia, »ocean-like Khan« is revered almost like a god. He died in 1227, not at the hands of his enemies, but –...
Nine: to the nomads, a holy number.
In this extraordinary historico-psychological novel, Galsan Tschinag uses powerful, archaic language to tell of the life of Genghis Khan: in nine daydreams and dreams, the dying world leader looks back on his successes and his defeats, his hopes and his fears.
Genghis Khan has long become a myth, even today, in Mongolia, »ocean-like Khan« is revered almost like a god. He died in 1227, not at the hands of his enemies, but – ignominiously for a horseback prince – after falling from his mount. Carried by his servants to his last battle, Khan fell into feverish dreams of war, betrayal and murder. His gaze turned inwards, memories of his childhood came back to haunt him, memories of his faithful followers, of his wives and of the love that he had felt. A world leader at the end of his life, driven by hallucinations, ready for confessions but not sentimental, relentless, even with himself.
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Galsan Tschinag
Galsan Tschinag was born in western Mongolia, the youngest son of a nomad family, he is patriarch of the Tuvans, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority in Mongolia. In his home country, his name is Irgit Schynykbaioglu Dshurukuwaa. Tschinag studied German in Leipzig and has been writing in German since then. He has been making his livelihood as a freelance writer since 1991, living mainly in Ulan Bator, but he also spends many months on the road with his tribe in the Altai Mountains. Galsan Tschinag sees himself as an intermediary between cultures and spends a great deal of his time on reading tours abroad. He was awarded the Heimito von Doderer Prize in 2001.
Galsan Tschinag was born in western Mongolia, the youngest son of a nomad family, he is patriarch of the Tuvans, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority...
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