When things get dark
a Mongolian winter's tale
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2010 - St. Martin's Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
76,500 words, Guess
Page Count
306 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewhenthingsgetdar00davi
- Internet Archivewhenthingsgetdar00davi_0
- ISBN-100312607733
- ISBN-139780312607739
- Library of Congress Control Number2009039232
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Number428026815
- Better World Books9780312607739
- Open LibraryOL24534267M
Classifications
- DDC951.7/3
- DDCB
- LCCDS798.2 .D38 2010
and 1 more
- LCCDS798.2.D38 2010
Description
At 23, Matt Davis moved to a remote Mongolian town to teach English. What he found when he arrived was a townand a countryundergoing wholesale change from a traditional, countryside existence to a more urban, modern identity. When Things Get Dark documents these changes through the Mongolians Matt meets, but also focuses on the author's downward spiral into alcohol abuse and violence--a scenario he saw played out by many of the Mongolian men around him. Matt's self-destruction culminates in a drunken fight with three men that forces him to a hospital to have his kidneys X-rayed. He hits bottom in that cold hospital room, his body naked and shivering, a bloodied Mongolian man staring at him from an open door, the irrational thought in his head that maybe he is going to die there. His personal struggles are balanced with insightful descriptions of customs and interactions, and interlaced with essays on Mongolian history and culture that make for a fascinating glimpse of a mysterious place and people. Documents the author's three-year teaching experiences in a remote Mongolian community, describing his battles with alcoholism and witness to the town's transformation from country life to sometimes violent urban modernity.
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