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The Memorial Feast for Kökötöy Khan

A Kirghiz Epic Poem in the Manas Tradition

Saghïmbay Orozbaq uulu Daniel Prior

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English
Penguin
05 October 2022
An ancient Central Asian epic, passed down through generations, carries the reader into a world of nomads, warriors and horselords

'Manas the brave is arriving! One flash of rage by him, and this whole encamped multitude will surely be slaughtered!'

This tale from the Manas epic gives the reader startling, brilliantly coloured access to the world of the horse-based nomad cultures of Central Asia.

Written down in the early twentieth century but drawing on sources of unguessable antiquity, The Memorial Feast for K k t y Khan is the bravura telling of the story of a new and uncertain khan, Boqmurun, and his decision to hold a great gathering to commemorate the life and death of K k toy, his already legendary predecessor.

From the Muslim lands to the west to China in the east, great warriors and their turbulent retinues gather in the high grasslands to feast, compete and quarrel.

Beautifully translated by Daniel Prior, The Memorial Feast allows the reader to get closer than any other source to a sense of the values, glamour and sheer strangeness of the peoples who shaped so much of Eurasia.
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Imprint:   Penguin
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 22mm
Weight:   292g
ISBN:   9780241544211
ISBN 10:   0241544211
Pages:   400
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Saghimbay Orozbaq uulu (Author) Sagimbay Orozbaq uulu (1867-1930) was a traditional Kirghiz bard who lived long enough to have his extempore performances written down by Soviet folklorists in the early 1920s. Daniel Prior (Translator) Daniel Prior is Associate Professor of History at Miami University, Ohio. He has written extensively on the Kirghiz epic tradition.

Reviews for The Memorial Feast for Kökötöy Khan: A Kirghiz Epic Poem in the Manas Tradition

Prior's translation ... is written in clear, idiomatic, and often lively English ... Prior's reliable and well annotated translation ... will certainly help further the popularity of the Kirghiz epic tradition. -- Karl Reichl * Turkic Languages * Prior's translation reads in an appropriately lively and energetic way - and even in this form lends itself to being read aloud ... a fine example of how to present a literary work from a lesser-known culture and tradition to readers. -- M. A. Orthofer * complete review *


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