{"product_id":"the-memorial-feast-for-kzikzitziy-khan-a-kirghiz-epic-poem-in-the-manas-tradition-9780241544211","title":"The Memorial Feast for Kökötöy Khan: A Kirghiz Epic Poem in the Manas Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn ancient Central Asian epic, passed down through generations, carries the reader into a world of nomads, warriors and horselords \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis tale from the Manas epic gives the reader startling, brilliantly colored 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 antiquity, \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial Feast for Kökötöy Khan\u003c\/i\u003e 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 Kökötoy, 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Memorial Feast\u003c\/i\u003e allows the reader to get closer than any other source to a sense of the values, glamour and oddities of the peoples who shaped so much of Eurasia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSagimbay Orozbaq uulu\u003c\/b\u003e (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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Prior\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Miami University, Ohio. He has written extensively on the Kirghiz epic tradition.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50568067219730,"sku":"9780241544211","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d2de7a00-a0c8-4914-97b3-d483f6591568.jpg?v=1731937511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-memorial-feast-for-kzikzitziy-khan-a-kirghiz-epic-poem-in-the-manas-tradition-9780241544211","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}