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Ali and Nino

By Kurban Said

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| Hardcover | 9780879516680

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The remarkable work whose re-discovery has been compared to digging up a "buried treasure" (The New York Times).

Ali and Nino has been hailed as one of the most romantic epic novels of all time. A sweeping tale of love challenged by war, as romantic and gripping as Gone with Continue

The remarkable work whose re-discovery has been compared to digging up a "buried treasure" (The New York Times).

Ali and Nino has been hailed as one of the most romantic epic novels of all time. A sweeping tale of love challenged by war, as romantic and gripping as Gone with the Wind or Dr. Zhivago, it portrays, against a glamorously exotic backdrop, the enduring love between childhood friends divided by separate cultures.

This is an unforgettable story of blood feud, adventure, and personal heroism--and a love that endures the upheavals of cultures. Ali and Nino, two lovers from vastly different backgrounds, grow up together in carefree innocence in Baku, on the Caspian Sea. Here, where East and West collide, they are inevitably drawn into the events of World War I and the Russian Revolution. Torn apart by the turmoil of the divided society around them, Ali joins the defense of Azerbaijan from the onslaught of the Red Army and Nino flees to the safety of Paris with their child, unsure whether they will ever see each other again.

"A beautiful novel." --Paul Theroux

"The brilliant sunset light it sheds on a millennial civilization is like living history; the alien yet immensely human characters draw one into their world with vivid conviction. The rescue of this novel is certainly an important literary event." --Mary Renault

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  • No Loaded Guns in Class

    Oil production in Baku on the Caspian Sea began in the late 19th century and within a few years the city had become the wealthiest in the Russian Empire, producing more oil than the United States. Immigrants flooded in, turning a desert town in Azerb ... (read full critics)

    lrb published on Sat, 4 Sep 2010

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  • One of the great romantic stories

    A very special book and I recommend this to anybody who enjoys reading. A stunning portrayal of the clash of values and cultures between East and West, set across the three small nations of the Caucasus on the eve of World War I, it was simply magical to read this book in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, ... (continue)

    A very special book and I recommend this to anybody who enjoys reading. A stunning portrayal of the clash of values and cultures between East and West, set across the three small nations of the Caucasus on the eve of World War I, it was simply magical to read this book in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, where much of it is staged.

    It's a story of a Muslim boy who falls in love with a Christian girl from Georgia, as they become engulfed in the chaos of the Great War and despite being written in the early 20th century, it's just as relevant today.

    The history of the book is a story in itself - it was lost for decades, found again in a post-war Berlin bookshop and it's still not known for sure exactly whom the author is!

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 240 Pages
  • Edition: Reissue
  • ISBN-10: 0879516682
  • ISBN-13: 9780879516680
  • Publisher: Overlook Hardcover
  • Pub date: Sep 01, 1999
  • Also available as: Paperback and Others
  • In other languages: other languages 繁體書, Deutsche Bücher
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