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The Nine Dreams of Genghis Khan / Die neun Träume des Dschingis Khan
Novel
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 –...
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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.
2007, 251 pages
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Galsan Tschinag
Author
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
Author
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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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Year of Publication: 2011
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2011
The Other Existence
Galsan Tschinag, a German-language writer from Mongolia and prize-winning bestselling author, tells the story of a passionate love in his new novel. The Other Existence refers to the chance to experience happiness even after a great loss.
Moscow in late spring 1977: Young Burjate Minganbajir meets the Hungarian student Anni and falls madly in love. They spend some...
Moscow in late spring 1977: Young Burjate Minganbajir meets the Hungarian student Anni and falls madly in love. They spend some...
Year of Publication: 2005
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2005
The robbed infant
A very special fate is predicted to Hynndynn, the nomad boy. A mysterious stranger from a far away place leaves the boy and his adoptive parents in a glorious secret of the future and with enough...
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France (Métailié)
Year of Publication: 1997
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 1997
The Blue Sky
Galsan Tschinag tells the story of a boy with great sensitivity, he portrays the life of the nomads in the desert of Mongolia, the struggle for survival of the family, the breakup of old structures...
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English World rights (Oolichan Books), Spanish world rights (Siruela), Basque (Desclee de Brouwer), France (Métailié), Italy (Aer), Netherlands (Meulenhoff), Denmark (Roskilde), Korea (Suda), Turkey (VakifBank), Israel (Sifriat Poalim)