When the mountains fall

Children who do not want to be born signal this with the help of a special sign that appears on the forehead of pregnant women - but the world does not hear their soundless prayer to think up, break the vicious circle of evil, hatred and violence ...
The poor, lonely, tired of life, a journalist, drawn into criminal showdowns, is rebelled against his tormentors with the help of an only friend - an equally lonely and tired snow leopard ...
This collection includes the late works of Aitmatov - the novels of Tavro Kassandra and "when the mountains fall." Two very strong and very strict works in which the great writer and humanist of the twentieth century passes a merciless sentence to the modern world and with the despair of the "voice, yelling in the desert," appeals to human conscience, decency and mercy