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The Memorial Feast for Kokotoy Khan
- A Kirghiz Epic Poem in the Manas Tradition
Engelsk Paperback
The Memorial Feast for Kokotoy Khan
- A Kirghiz Epic Poem in the Manas Tradition
Engelsk Paperback

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This great Central Asian epic, passed down through generations and now brought to life in a new translation, carries the reader into a world of nomads, warriors and horselords

''I am a steel-fanged lion, a dragon ready to pounce, a mighty poplar with golden branches rising up to the sky''

The bard Saghïmbay Orozbaq uulu composed his oral telling of the great Central Asian Manas epic in the early twentieth century, although it draws on far older sources. This vivid episode from his narrative tells the bravura story of an uncertain new khan, Boqmurun, who holds a great feast to commemorate his predecessor, Kökötöy. From east and west, warriors and their turbulent retinues come to compete in horse races, jousting and wrestling, and soon insults are hurled and scores settled violently. Yet none can beat the supreme hero, the mighty, truculent Manas. By turns earthy, stirring, bombastic and funny, Saghïmbay''s work stands as a monument to the oral culture of a nomadic people.

Daniel Prior''s landmark translation includes a ''How to Read the Epic'' section, commentary, maps and illustrations.

Composed in oral performance by Saghïmbay Orozbaq uulu
Translated by Daniel Prior










Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
400
ISBN-13:
9780241544211
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0241544211
Udg. Dato:
7 jul 2022
Længde:
28mm
Bredde:
380mm
Højde:
147mm
Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
7 jul 2022
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