In 1990 Enkhtuya Baatar was a nomadic herder living in Mongolia’s northern Bulgin province when, one day, wolves began picking off her sheep. When a bitter winter, known as a zud, killed her remaining livestock Baatar, now 55, had little choice but to pack up and move her husband and four children to Ulan Bator, Mongolia’s capital. They rented a room on the outskirts of the city, sleeping on the floor. “We didn’t have any furniture, just a little old chest that served as a table, the place to make food, a cupboard, everything,” she says.
1990年，恩赫圖亞?巴塔爾(Enkhtuya Baatar)還是蒙古北部布爾干省(Bulgin)的游牧民。直到有一天，狼群開始叼走她的綿羊。當一個被蒙古人稱為“zud”（zud，蒙古語，指造成大量牲畜死亡的嚴冬——譯者注）的嚴冬奪走了她剩下的牲畜時，現年55歲的巴塔爾別無他法，只好收拾東西與丈夫和4個孩子一起遷往蒙古首都烏蘭巴托。他們在市郊租了一間屋子，夜晚在地上睡覺。“我們沒有任何家具，只有一個小的舊箱子，既當桌子，也當料理臺、當櫥柜——什么都當，”她說。