Research Catalog

Title

The memorial feast for Kokötöy Khan : a Kirghiz epic poem in the Manas tradition / composed in oral performance by Saghïmbay Orozbaq uulu ; translated from the complete text by Daniel Prior.

Author

Orozbak uulu, Sagymbaĭ, 1867-1939

Publication

• [London] : Penguin Random House UK, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

Prior, Daniel

Description

xxxix, 353 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 20 cm

Summary

This 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, The Memorial Feast for Kökötöy 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 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, The Memorial Feast 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. --

Uniform Title

Kȯkȯtȯĭdu̇n ashy. English

Alternative Title

Kȯkȯtȯĭdu̇n ashy.

Subject

• Epic poetry, Kyrgyz > Translations into English
• Epic poetry, Kyrgyz

Genre/Form

• Translations.
• Epic poetry.
• Poetry.

Note

• Translated from the Kyrgyz.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

THE MEMORIAL FEAST FOR KOKOTOY KHAN -- pt. 1 Kokotoy's Deathbed Testament -- pt. 2 Boqmurun Journeys to Consult Manas after Kokotoy's Death -- pt. 3 Boqmurun Sends Out the Announcement -- pt. 4 Boqmurun Assembles the People and Takes Counsel on Holding Kokotoy's Memorial Feast -- pt. 5 Boqmurun Sets His Entire People Migrating and Goes to Qarqira to Hold Kokotoy's Memorial Feast -- pt. 6 Boqmurun Mounts Aydar on Maani-ker and Sends Him to Invite the People -- pt. 7 The People Arrive at Kokotoy's Memorial Feast -- pt. 8 Manas Arrives at Kokotoy's Memorial Feast -- pt. 9 Qongurbay, in a Huff, Demands Maani-ker from Boqmurun -- pt. 10 The Horses Are Paraded; The Racing-Prizes Are Announced -- pt. 11 Shooting the Ingot -- pt. 12 Qoshoy and Joloy Wrestle; Qoshoy Beats Joloy -- pt. 13 Oronghu Untethers the Camels; The Mangy Bald-Heads Fight -- pt. 14 Manas and Qongurbay Joust; Manas Lances Qongurbay -- pt. 15 Wrestling on Horseback -- pt. 16 The Finish of the Horse Race -- pt. 17 The Qitay-Qalmaqs Make Off with the Prize; The Ensuing Battle.

Call Number

JFD 23-232

ISBN

• 9780241544211
• 0241544211

OCLC

1314281408

Author

Orozbak uulu, Sagymbaĭ, 1867-1939, author.

Title

The memorial feast for Kokötöy Khan : a Kirghiz epic poem in the Manas tradition / composed in oral performance by Saghïmbay Orozbaq uulu ; translated from the complete text by Daniel Prior.

Publisher

[London] : Penguin Random House UK, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Prior, Daniel, translator.

Research Call Number

JFD 23-232