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，恩赫图亚•巴塔尔(Enkhtuya Baatar)还是蒙古北部布尔干省(Bulgin)的游牧民。直到有一天，狼群开始叼走她的绵羊。当一个被蒙古人称为“zud”（zud，蒙古语，指造成大量牲畜死亡的严冬——译者注）的严冬夺走了她剩下的牲畜时，现年55岁的巴塔尔别无他法，只好收拾东西与丈夫和4个孩子一起迁往蒙古首都乌兰巴托。他们在市郊租了一间屋子，夜晚在地上睡觉。“我们没有任何家具，只有一个小的旧箱子，既当桌子，也当料理台、当橱柜——什么都当，”她说。