The Dead Aul

Three sisters learn about their mother’s strange disappearance. While Tanya and Lena beat the doors of institutions, asking for help, Sveta organizes her own search in the remote taiga. The author describes, scrupulously and methodically, the 7 terrible days of an ordinary family. The setting is mystical Buryatia, where Buryat and Evenk traditions intertwine—along with Buddhism and shamanism. On the land where shamans’ visions, “signs” from the Universe, prophecies, and dreams, as well as aerial burials, are considered ordinary. “The Dead Village” is a true story that exposes the misunderstanding between the system and a person—as well as how people survive when cut off from civilization. And it’s also a book about love, faith, and unquenchable hope…