The Last Quarter of the Moon

The Last Quarter of the Moon'A long time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them'At the end of the twentieth century an old woman sits among the birch trees and reflects on the joys and tragedies that have befallen her people. A member of the Evenki tribe who wander the forests of north eastern China, hers was a life lived in close sympathy with nature at its most beautiful and cruel. Then, in the

messy homes

searches everywhere for help

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception

So together

attrition and rebellion surrounding it

Mathews' poetry is a testament of great personal power

I literally couldn't put this book down

his sayings and those of his disciples form the foundation of a distinct social

the music we listen to

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