Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia
 

Hearing Birds Fly: A Nomadic Year in Mongolia

by Louisa Waugh


After two years of working in the capital of Mongolia, journalist Louisa Waugh moved to the remote village of Tsengel, in the extreme west of the country. This is the story of the year she spent there, living and working with the people who have made a home in the stark but beautiful landscape. The villagers and their culture vividly emerge as she shares her happiness, frustrations, and... (read more)

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Liz L
  • Rated 4 stars

I really enjoyed this book and learned a lot from it. I think the only thing that was constantly a bother to me was that there were a lot of phrases in Mongolian mixed into the book. There was a glossary in the front of the book, but constantly having to look up the meaning of Mongolian words every two or three pages got really old and eventually I just gave up on that and read on without knowing the meaning of words half the time.

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