Chingiz Aĭtmatov

Jamilia

Thomas Moore

Jamila

Tatyana Feifer

Beretning om en lille forældreløs kirgisisk drengs fantasiverden, som brydes mod en brutal virkelighed

The White Steamship

Beyaz Gemi

Cengiz Hana Küsen Bulut

Čingiz Ajtmatov

Im zentralasiatischen nordöstlichen Kirgisien, irgendwo im Tal des Kukureuflusses, im Sommer des dritten Kriegsjahres 1943, hat sie sich abgespielt, »die schönste Liebesgeschichte der Welt« (Aragon). Said, der damals Fünfzehnjährige, der nicht wußte, wie Liebe sich zuträgt, erzählt sie mit großem Erstaunen.»Hier, in diesem hochmütigen Paris, das alles gesehen, alles gelesen, alles erlebt hat, merke ich plötzlich, daß mir Werther, Bérénice, Antonius und Kleopatra, Manon Lescaut, die Education sentimentale oder Dominique nichts bedeuten, weil ich Dshamilja gelesen habe«, schreibt Louis Aragon in seinem Vorwort.

Erzählung

Dshamilja

The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years

Novel

The Place of the Skull

Chingiz Aĭtmatov

The day lasts more than a hundred years

Mūkhtar Shakhanov

The Plaint of the Hunter Above the Abyss

"The most beautiful love story in the world."--Louis AragonThe Second World War is raging, and Jamilia's husband is off fighting at the front. Accompanied by Daniyar, a sullen newcomer who was wounded on the battlefield, Jamilia spends her days hauling sacks of grain from the threshing floor to the train station in their village in the Central Asia.Spurning men's advances and wincing at the dispassionate letters she receives from her husband, Jamilia falls helplessly in love with the mysterious Daniyar in this heartbreakingly beautiful tale.A classic from the award-winning Kyrgyz novelist Chingiz Aitmatov.A champion of freedom, Chingiz Aitmatov is one of the most famous writers from Eurasia and, according to UNESCO, one of the most widely published authors of the 20th century. His books, which introduced the mountains and lakes of his native Kyrgyzstan to readers in 176 language, emphasize individual liberty, respect for the natural world and reverence for the traditions of minority peoples.

"The White Ship is the story of an intelligent, imaginative Kyrgyz boy left by his separated parents in the care of his principled grandfathter. Unfortunately the small community in which they live is dominated by a selfish, manipulative uncle. A recurrent fantasy of the boy is that he will join his father on a white ship which he can occasionally see on the distant Lake Ysyk-kol."--Back cover.

Chingiz Aĭtmatov

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