When Mountains Fall

A lonely, tired journalist breaks up with his beloved and returns to his native village in the foothills of the Tian Shan. Agreeing to act as a guide for a group that has come to hunt snow leopards, he has... no idea that he will get caught up in a dangerous criminal adventure... And that his fate will unexpectedly intertwine with that of another lonely snow leopard, banished by its kin... A powerful and tough work by Ch. Aitmatov, in which the immense love of the great writer and humanitarian of the 20th century for his native nature, people, and animals is felt in every word. His call is to preserve harmony, to cherish love and peace, to live humanely, decently, and compassionately – resonates very clearly. In addition to the novel 'When Mountains Fall,' the collection also includes: the novellas 'Spotted Dog Running Along the Edge of the Sea' and 'The White Cloud of Genghis Khan,' as well as 'Mother of God in the Snow' – an excerpt from Aitmatov's unfinished novel, previously published only in the newspaper 'Pravda' in 1988.