Matthew Davis - When Things Get Dark

Start: Tue, 02/23/2010 - 7:00pm

Vividly capturing Mongolia's timeless elements and natural beauty, When Things Get Dark is Matthew Davis's deeply honest account of living and working among the people of this large, underpopulated country. Set within a small, western Mongolia provincial capital called Tsetserleg, When Things Get Dark documents the rapid changes this town is experiencing from its traditional existence in the countryside to a more urban, modern identity. Natural disasters killed millions of animals and forced herders into cities. The Internet arrived. And Mongolians balanced their nomadic roots, their communist past, and their democratic, free-market future. Matthew Davis was born in Chicago and attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism. He was a Peace Corps volunteer in Tsetserleg, Mongolia, and lived for a year in the Mongolian capitoal of Ulaanbaatar.

Location:

Left Bank Books
399 N. Euclid Ave.
Saint Louis, Missouri 63108