LI JUAN
WINTER PASTURE: ONE WOMAN’S JOURNEY WITH CHINA’S KAZAKH HERDERS
OUTLINE
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.
REVIEWS
"Winter Pasture is Li Juan's crowning achievement, shattering the boundaries between nature writing and personal memoir." —Smithsonian Magazine
"Li Juan spent minus-20-degree nights with nomadic herders in the Chinese steppes. You’ll want to join her." —Laura Miller, Slate
"Deeply moving...full of humor, introspection and glimpses into a vanishing lifestyle." —The New York Times Book Review
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