“…An ode to oral culture, it takes the listener from Belgium, thorugh Slovakia, and Turkey, to Syria, Kurdistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, China, and Vietnam.…”

“…During this process, we learn how the Pamir Kirghiz' antipathy to Communism drove them from Soviet Russia, then later from Maoist China, and finally from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan to their current exile. …”