Ali and Nino - BookWyrm

282 pages

English language

Published June 14, 2000 by Anchor Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-385-72040-3
OCLC Number:: 43657096

(4 reviews)

A reprint of a love story of two childhood friends, a Muslim warrior and a Christian girl, during the Russian Revolution. Set on the Caspian Sea, the novel symbolizes the clash of cultures between East and West. It was first published in German in 1937.

1 edition

logan williams reviewed Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

Hard to read as beautiful

3 stars

Read while in Georgia recently, fascinating historical backdrop, understandably unrelatable characters. I didn't love the translation, rhythm felt off. I think it could use a new one, maybe would help find the beauty I didn't see.

cibertina

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Aug. 9, 2013

elli

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Dec. 30, 2020

soshial

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Oct 3

Subjects

Fiction
Muslims
Christian women
History

Places

Azerbaijan