At 23, Matt Davis moved to a remote Mongolian town to teach
English.What he found when he arrived was a town--and a
country--undergoing wholesale change from a traditional,
countryside existence to a more urban, modern identity. "When
Things Get Dark" documents these changes through the Mongolians
Matt meets, but also focuses on the author's downward spiral into
alcohol abuse and violence--a scenario he saw played out by many of
the Mongolian men around him. Matt's self-destruction culminates in
a drunken fight with three men that forces him to a hospital to
have his kidneys X-rayed. He hits bottom in that cold hospital
room, his body naked and shivering, a bloodied Mongolian man
staring at him from an open door, the irrational thought in his
head that maybe he is going to die there. His personal struggles
are balanced with insightful descriptions of customs and
interactions, and interlaced with essays on Mongolian history and
culture that make for a fascinating glimpse of a mysterious place
and people.
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