When mountains fall

A lonely, tired of life journalist breaks up with his beloved and returns to his native village in the foothills of the Tian Shan mountains. Agreeing to act as a guide for a group that has come to hunt snow leopards, he has no idea that he will be drawn into a dangerous criminal adventure... And that his fate will unexpectedly intertwine with the fate of an equally lonely snow leopard, expelled by its kin...
A powerful and harsh work by Chingiz Aitmatov, in which the boundless love of the great writer and humanist of the 20th century for his native nature, people, and animals is felt in every word. His call to preserve harmony, cherish love and peace, live in a humane, decent, and merciful way, is very clear.
In addition to the novel "When the Mountains Fall," the collection also includes the stories "The Spotted Dog Running Along the Sea Shore" and "The White Cloud of Genghis Khan," as well as "The Mother of God in the Snow" — an excerpt from Aitmatov's unfinished novel, previously published only in the newspaper "Pravda" in 1988.