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毓賱賷 賵賳賷賳賵: 賯氐丞 丨亘
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丿亘 賮賷賰貙 賵鬲氐亘丨 噩夭亍賸丕 賲賳 賰賷丕賳賰 亘丨賷孬 賷氐毓亘 丕賱丕賳賯胤丕毓 毓賳賴丕 賱兀賷 卮丕睾賱貨 賮賴賷貙 賲毓 丨噩賲賴丕 丕賱賲鬲賵爻胤貙 鬲賰丕丿 鬲丨賷胤 亘賲丕 賷丨賷胤賴 賰鬲丕亘 亘丌賱丕賮 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲.賭
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賯氐丞 丨亘 鬲賲爻 鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴丕 兀毓賲賯 丕賱賴賵丕噩爻 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞.. 兀丨丿丕孬 爻賷丕爻賷丞 丿丕禺賱賷丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱賰孬丕賮丞 亘賷賳 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱賵胤賳賷丞 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷丞 賵丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 賵賯賵賶 丕賱鬲兀孬賷乇 丕賱禺丕乇噩賷.. 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賵兀胤乇丕賮賴丕 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 賵丕賱卮乇賯賷丞.. 丿賯丕卅賯 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丿丕禺賱賷丞 賱賱亘賷鬲 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲賷 丕賱鬲賯賱賷丿賷貙 賵兀亘賴丕亍 丕賱丨乇賷賲.. 丕賱毓賳丕賷丞 亘丕賱丨亘賰丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮丿 丕賱賯丕乇卅貙 廿賱賶 噩丕賳亘 丕賱賲賷賱 丕賱丿丕卅賲 廿賱賶 賵賯賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲兀賲賱 丕賱乇賵丨賷 賵丕賱賮賰乇賷... 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱禺胤賵胤 鬲鬲賯丕胤毓 賮賷 卮亘賰丞 睾丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱毓賮賵賷丞 賵丕賱廿丨賰丕賲貙 亘丨賷孬 鬲亘丿賵 丕賱賱匕丞 賵丕賱賲鬲毓丞 賵丕賱睾賳賶 丕賱賮賰乇賷 賴丿賮 丕賱賰丕鬲亘.賭
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First published January 1, 1937
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Kurban Said
3听books150听followersLev Nussimbaum (1905 - 1942) was a prolific Jewish writer who reinvented himself as a Muslim under the pseudonyms and Kurban Said. Despite his being an ethnic Jew, his politics were such that, before his origins were discovered, the Nazi propaganda ministry included his works on their list of "excellent books for German minds".
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July 25, 2016
"廿賳賾 丕賱賮賳 賷夭賱夭賱賳賷" 毓亘丕乇丞 賱賮賵賱鬲賷乇 兀爻鬲丨囟乇賴丕 賰賱賲丕 兀賳賴賷鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 毓賲賱賺 毓馗賷賲 賰賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱.
February 6, 2014
Ali and Nino: A Love Story. Believe me dear reader, there is nothing guaranteed to make me run further or faster from a book than printing the words "love story" on the front cover. Listen... that's the gently pitter patter of my size 41's disappearing into the distance....
Bleurgh. No love here.
But this exceptional book made it onto the mountainous TBR pile which is currently threatening to cause my living room floor to collapse, for one major reason. It was praised and recommended by the greatest sulky travel misanthrope, Mr Paul Theroux. I love Theroux's travel books because not only are they excellent reading material, Theroux is a conscientious and giving writer who provides you with a constant list of books relating to his travels which he has found significant (even if he outright detests them), inspiring, informative or just downright unusual.
The discovery of Ali and Nino came from reading Ghost Train to Eastern Bazaar his 2008 revisiting of a journey by rail across over 1/6th of the worlds land mass. Theroux cites it as a hidden gem. Golly-gosh-darnit he was right... again (for previous correct assertions on hidden gems I'd refer you to Carlo Levi's Christ Stopped at Eboli which was mentioned in Theroux's Pillars of Hercules where he circumnavigates the Mediterranean wearing a sun hat and a frown).
Ali and Nino are childhood sweethearts; he, a Shiite Muslim from noble bloodlines and she a Greek Orthodox Princess from Georgia. Together they inhabit the oil-soaked, palatial and multi cultural landscape of Azerbaijan; a melting pot of wealth, religion and culture influenced by Georgian, Armenian, Turkish and Russian fusion over many centuries. The advent of World War I tears holes in the community in which they live forcing both Christian and Muslim alike to make a choice- look to the West, Europe and rapid secular change or cling to the East and the poetry, spiritualism and tradition of a hundred generations.
I cannot express adequately how poetic this book is, nor how beautifully penned the landscapes, sariyes, palaces, bazaars and camis. Added to the beauty of this book is the long standing mystery over its author and the original publication - originally it was believed that the book was written by an Austrian Baroness under an assumed nom de plume, however it is now more likely that Kurban Said was the alter ego of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who converted to Islam and escaped Azerbaijan during the Russian Revolution.
A classic as timeless and mesmerising as the shifting desert sands.
Bleurgh. No love here.
But this exceptional book made it onto the mountainous TBR pile which is currently threatening to cause my living room floor to collapse, for one major reason. It was praised and recommended by the greatest sulky travel misanthrope, Mr Paul Theroux. I love Theroux's travel books because not only are they excellent reading material, Theroux is a conscientious and giving writer who provides you with a constant list of books relating to his travels which he has found significant (even if he outright detests them), inspiring, informative or just downright unusual.
The discovery of Ali and Nino came from reading Ghost Train to Eastern Bazaar his 2008 revisiting of a journey by rail across over 1/6th of the worlds land mass. Theroux cites it as a hidden gem. Golly-gosh-darnit he was right... again (for previous correct assertions on hidden gems I'd refer you to Carlo Levi's Christ Stopped at Eboli which was mentioned in Theroux's Pillars of Hercules where he circumnavigates the Mediterranean wearing a sun hat and a frown).
Ali and Nino are childhood sweethearts; he, a Shiite Muslim from noble bloodlines and she a Greek Orthodox Princess from Georgia. Together they inhabit the oil-soaked, palatial and multi cultural landscape of Azerbaijan; a melting pot of wealth, religion and culture influenced by Georgian, Armenian, Turkish and Russian fusion over many centuries. The advent of World War I tears holes in the community in which they live forcing both Christian and Muslim alike to make a choice- look to the West, Europe and rapid secular change or cling to the East and the poetry, spiritualism and tradition of a hundred generations.
I cannot express adequately how poetic this book is, nor how beautifully penned the landscapes, sariyes, palaces, bazaars and camis. Added to the beauty of this book is the long standing mystery over its author and the original publication - originally it was believed that the book was written by an Austrian Baroness under an assumed nom de plume, however it is now more likely that Kurban Said was the alter ego of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who converted to Islam and escaped Azerbaijan during the Russian Revolution.
A classic as timeless and mesmerising as the shifting desert sands.
August 2, 2019
Ali und Nino = Ali and Nino: A Love Story, Kurban Said
Ali and Nino is a novel about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku in the years 1918鈥�1920. It explores the dilemmas created by "European" rule over an "Oriental" society and presents a tableau portrait of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic period that preceded the long era of Soviet rule. It was published under the pseudonym Kurban Said. The novel has been published in more than 30 languages, with more than 100 editions or reprints. The book was first published in Vienna in German in 1937. This classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war. It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose between his loyalty to the beliefs of his Asian ancestors and his profound devotion to Nino. Combining the exotic fascination of a tale told by Scheherazade with the range and magnificence of an epic, Ali and Nino is a timeless classic of love in the face of war.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 1984 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓賱蹖乇囟丕 胤丕賴乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 蹖丕乇丕賳貙 1362貨 丿乇 231 氐貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌匕乇亘丕蹖噩丕賳 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丨爻賳 鬲賯蹖 夭丕丿賴 賲蹖賱丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 讴賵蹖乇貙 1371貨 丿乇 302 氐貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲 丌匕乇蹖: 丿賵賲丕賳 丕乇丿賲貨 鬲亘乇蹖夭貙 丕賳賵乇 讴鬲丕亘貙 1396貨 丿乇 360 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786008513025貨
趩讴蹖丿賴: 毓賱蹖貙 倬爻乇 丌匕乇亘丕蹖噩丕賳蹖 丿乇 芦亘丕讴賵禄貙 芦賳蹖賳賵禄貙 蹖讴 倬乇賳爻爻 诏乇噩爻鬲丕賳蹖 乇丕 丿蹖丿貙 賵 賴賲丕賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿賵 毓丕卮賯 賴賲丿蹖诏乇 卮丿賳丿...貨 丕蹖賳 丌睾丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丕夭 芦賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿禄貙 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳: 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 丕爻鬲貨 讴賴 鬲丕 讴賳賵賳 亘賴 亘蹖卮 丕夭 爻蹖 夭亘丕賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賲噩爻賲賴 丕蹖 賲鬲丨乇讴貙 丕賱賴丕賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 丿乇 芦亘丕鬲賵賲蹖 诏乇噩爻鬲丕賳禄 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿貙 讴賴 賳卮丕賳 丕夭 乇丕賴 賵氐丕賱 賵 毓卮賯 賵 賮乇丕賯 丕爻鬲. 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮丕賴讴丕乇賴丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 噩賴丕賳 賵 讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘丕 賳蹖乇賵蹖 賳丕丿乇 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴 蹖 芦毓賱蹖 卮蹖乇賵丕賳卮蹖乇禄貙 噩賵丕賳 賲爻賱賲丕賳 丕卮乇丕賮夭丕丿賴貙 賵 芦賳蹖賳賵 讴蹖倬乇蹖丕賳蹖禄貙 丿禺鬲乇 亘丕夭乇诏丕賳 賲爻蹖丨蹖 丿乇 丌匕乇亘丕蹖噩丕賳 夭賲丕賳 丕賳賯賱丕亘 乇賵爻蹖賴貙 賵 噩賳诏 賳禺爻鬲 噩賴丕賳蹖 乇賵蹖 賲蹖丿賴丿. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 賵 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲貙 毓卮賯 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 丕夭 賴賲賴 蹖 賲乇夭賴丕蹖 爻賳鬲 賵 丕禺賱丕賯 丿乇賲蹖诏匕乇丿. 芦賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿禄 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 噩丕蹖蹖讴賴 賮乇賴賳诏賴丕 丿乇 丌賳 丌賲蹖禺鬲賴 丕賳丿貙 賵 賳丕诏夭蹖乇 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖 賵 鬲賳卮 丿丕乇賳丿貨 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻丿 讴賴 亘丕 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 趩賳丿 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 賮丕氐賱賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿丕乇丿. 乇賲丕賳 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 鬲氐賵蹖乇 乇賳诏蹖賳蹖 丕夭 噩賴丕賳 賵 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 蹖丕丿卮 鬲丕 丕賲乇賵夭 賴賲 噩匕丕亘 亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 芦賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿禄 賳丕賲 賲爻鬲毓丕乇 賲丕噩乇丕噩賵蹖 鬲乇讴-毓乇亘 芦丕爻丿 亘賽蹖禄貙 賵 芦乇賵丿賵賱賮 賵丕賱賳鬲蹖 賳賵蹖禄 丕丿蹖亘 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 丿乇 賮丕氐賱賴 蹖 噩賳诏賴丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲 賵 丿賵賲 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿乇 芦賵蹖賳禄 賵 芦亘乇賱蹖賳禄 賲蹖夭蹖爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 禺賵丿 乇丕 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 噩賳诏噩賵蹖丕賳 丿乇 賯賮賯丕夭 賲毓乇賮蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿貙 讴賴 鬲丨爻蹖賳 芦诏賵亘賱夭禄 賵 芦賲賵爻賵賱蹖賳蹖禄 乇丕 亘乇丕賳诏蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿. 丕賲丕 丿乇 倬卮鬲 賳賯丕亘 芦丕爻丿 亘賽蹖禄貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖 芦賱賽賵 賳賵爻蹖賲 亘丕賵賲禄 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲. 賳丕賲 賵丕賯毓蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 趩賳丿 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Ali and Nino is a novel about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani boy and Christian Georgian girl in Baku in the years 1918鈥�1920. It explores the dilemmas created by "European" rule over an "Oriental" society and presents a tableau portrait of Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic period that preceded the long era of Soviet rule. It was published under the pseudonym Kurban Said. The novel has been published in more than 30 languages, with more than 100 editions or reprints. The book was first published in Vienna in German in 1937. This classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war. It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose between his loyalty to the beliefs of his Asian ancestors and his profound devotion to Nino. Combining the exotic fascination of a tale told by Scheherazade with the range and magnificence of an epic, Ali and Nino is a timeless classic of love in the face of war.
鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 爻丕賱 1984 賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 毓賱蹖乇囟丕 胤丕賴乇蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 蹖丕乇丕賳貙 1362貨 丿乇 231 氐貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌匕乇亘丕蹖噩丕賳 - 爻丿賴 20 賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丨爻賳 鬲賯蹖 夭丕丿賴 賲蹖賱丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 讴賵蹖乇貙 1371貨 丿乇 302 氐貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿貨 賲鬲乇噩賲 丌匕乇蹖: 丿賵賲丕賳 丕乇丿賲貨 鬲亘乇蹖夭貙 丕賳賵乇 讴鬲丕亘貙 1396貨 丿乇 360 氐貨 卮丕亘讴: 9786008513025貨
趩讴蹖丿賴: 毓賱蹖貙 倬爻乇 丌匕乇亘丕蹖噩丕賳蹖 丿乇 芦亘丕讴賵禄貙 芦賳蹖賳賵禄貙 蹖讴 倬乇賳爻爻 诏乇噩爻鬲丕賳蹖 乇丕 丿蹖丿貙 賵 賴賲丕賳噩丕 亘賵丿 讴賴 丕蹖賳 丿賵 毓丕卮賯 賴賲丿蹖诏乇 卮丿賳丿...貨 丕蹖賳 丌睾丕夭 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 丕夭 芦賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿禄貙 亘丕 毓賳賵丕賳: 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 丕爻鬲貨 讴賴 鬲丕 讴賳賵賳 亘賴 亘蹖卮 丕夭 爻蹖 夭亘丕賳 鬲乇噩賲賴 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲. 賲噩爻賲賴 丕蹖 賲鬲丨乇讴貙 丕賱賴丕賲 诏乇賮鬲賴 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘貙 丿乇 芦亘丕鬲賵賲蹖 诏乇噩爻鬲丕賳禄 賵噩賵丿 丿丕乇丿貙 讴賴 賳卮丕賳 丕夭 乇丕賴 賵氐丕賱 賵 毓卮賯 賵 賮乇丕賯 丕爻鬲. 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 卮丕賴讴丕乇賴丕蹖 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲 噩賴丕賳 賵 讴鬲丕亘蹖 亘丕 賳蹖乇賵蹖 賳丕丿乇 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 丕爻鬲. 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴 蹖 芦毓賱蹖 卮蹖乇賵丕賳卮蹖乇禄貙 噩賵丕賳 賲爻賱賲丕賳 丕卮乇丕賮夭丕丿賴貙 賵 芦賳蹖賳賵 讴蹖倬乇蹖丕賳蹖禄貙 丿禺鬲乇 亘丕夭乇诏丕賳 賲爻蹖丨蹖 丿乇 丌匕乇亘丕蹖噩丕賳 夭賲丕賳 丕賳賯賱丕亘 乇賵爻蹖賴貙 賵 噩賳诏 賳禺爻鬲 噩賴丕賳蹖 乇賵蹖 賲蹖丿賴丿. 丿乇 丕蹖賳 噩賴丕賳 賵 賲賵賯毓蹖鬲貙 毓卮賯 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 丕夭 賴賲賴 蹖 賲乇夭賴丕蹖 爻賳鬲 賵 丕禺賱丕賯 丿乇賲蹖诏匕乇丿. 芦賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿禄 丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 噩丕蹖蹖讴賴 賮乇賴賳诏賴丕 丿乇 丌賳 丌賲蹖禺鬲賴 丕賳丿貙 賵 賳丕诏夭蹖乇 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖 賵 鬲賳卮 丿丕乇賳丿貨 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻丿 讴賴 亘丕 噩丕賲毓賴 蹖 趩賳丿 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 賮丕氐賱賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿丕乇丿. 乇賲丕賳 芦毓賱蹖 賵 賳蹖賳賵禄 鬲氐賵蹖乇 乇賳诏蹖賳蹖 丕夭 噩賴丕賳 賵 賮乇賴賳诏蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賲蹖 丿賴丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 賳蹖爻鬲 賵 亘丕 丕蹖賳 賴賲賴 蹖丕丿卮 鬲丕 丕賲乇賵夭 賴賲 噩匕丕亘 亘丕賯蹖 賲丕賳丿賴 丕爻鬲. 芦賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓蹖丿禄 賳丕賲 賲爻鬲毓丕乇 賲丕噩乇丕噩賵蹖 鬲乇讴-毓乇亘 芦丕爻丿 亘賽蹖禄貙 賵 芦乇賵丿賵賱賮 賵丕賱賳鬲蹖 賳賵蹖禄 丕丿蹖亘 丕爻鬲貙 讴賴 丿乇 賮丕氐賱賴 蹖 噩賳诏賴丕蹖 賳禺爻鬲 賵 丿賵賲 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿乇 芦賵蹖賳禄 賵 芦亘乇賱蹖賳禄 賲蹖夭蹖爻鬲賴 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 禺賵丿 乇丕 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 噩賳诏噩賵蹖丕賳 丿乇 賯賮賯丕夭 賲毓乇賮蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿貙 讴賴 鬲丨爻蹖賳 芦诏賵亘賱夭禄 賵 芦賲賵爻賵賱蹖賳蹖禄 乇丕 亘乇丕賳诏蹖禺鬲賴 亘賵丿. 丕賲丕 丿乇 倬卮鬲 賳賯丕亘 芦丕爻丿 亘賽蹖禄貙 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 蹖 蹖賴賵丿蹖 芦賱賽賵 賳賵爻蹖賲 亘丕賵賲禄 倬賳賴丕賳 丕爻鬲. 賳丕賲 賵丕賯毓蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 趩賳丿 爻丕賱 倬蹖卮 卮賳丕禺鬲賴 卮丿. 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
August 2, 2023
I hesitate to write any review b/c I feel I cannot do this book justice. I simply adored it. Probably the best book I will read this year!!! Of course it is a love story, but so much more too. It is a love story between a Georgian Christian girl and a Mulim boy from an historically famous family from Azebaijan. Their love explores how dramatically different cultures can be blended given the right circumstances - in this case true love. West meets East in this novel. You explore both ways of looking at life. The author was born a Jew, but became a Muslim. This makes his description of Eastern customs all the more vivid because he loved them and chose to follow these principles. Eastern culture is magnificently rendered. Muslim ideology, Sunni versus Shiite differences, Ottoman and Persian and Georgian beliefs - all are vividly depicted through legends and customs. How both Ali and Nino are portrayed is so amazing because you understand how these two who love each other STILL see everything so completely differently. It is beautiful to see how they compromise for each other. And it is horrible to see when there is no possible compromise. The reader gets both a familiar and an exotic world laid out before them. You read about blood feuds, camels, the landscape and the history of Azerbaijan and much much more. I simply cannot do this book justice.
I wanted to quote dozens of paragraphs, but I simply couldn't choose one. On every single page ideas are beautifully expressed. If you do not believe me - well just pick a page number and I will quote a bit to show you........ Every single page has the reader thinking WOW or pondering a particular thought or way of looking at life.
Now I will read , which is about this author of Ali and Nino. Much of what happened in his own life is reflected int this novel.
I wanted to quote dozens of paragraphs, but I simply couldn't choose one. On every single page ideas are beautifully expressed. If you do not believe me - well just pick a page number and I will quote a bit to show you........ Every single page has the reader thinking WOW or pondering a particular thought or way of looking at life.
Now I will read , which is about this author of Ali and Nino. Much of what happened in his own life is reflected int this novel.
March 2, 2010
There is a large genre of novels related to WWI that deal in the heartbreak of "the last summer" before the storm, the coming death of the old world and the founding of the new (Le Grand Meulnes, which is still the quintessential French coming of age novel, is one example). The histories on this theme are scarcely less legion.
This novel is both a part of that genre and so much more than that. It is told from the first person perspective of Ali Khan Shirvanshir, who has turned a request from the town gossip to "write down what a hero's feelings are," into a personal diary. Ali Khan is a Muslim growing up in Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, in what is at the time a Russian possession. He is in love with Nino Kipiani, a Georgian Christian who becomes a Georgian Princess through the courtesy of the Czar. If you're thinking that this will turn out to be a typical star-crossed lovers meet at garden walls and ne'er dare speak their love, you'd be wrong. For this is a melting pot of a society, an oil-boom town, where Georgians, Armenians, Westerners, Persians and Muslims (who, interestingly, are the group referred to by their religion, not their nationality- they are called "Mohammedans") all mix together. Everyone does have a place, but there are many factors which factor into deciding who matters, who is where on the social scale- schooling, family, money, and family history.
No, the book focuses on the much more interesting task of how one makes a cross-cultural life in a world that is becoming ever more divided along every line possible- religion, politics, economics, and of course the powerful new god of Nationalism.
This is, more than anything else, a meditation on definitions, explanations, lines and musings on Who I Am and Who I Am Not, and perhaps more importantly for geopolitics, Who We Are and Who We Are Not. Ali visits many towns around his area and they all have some great story of their background, a legend that makes where they live the best place on earth, and no one seems to mind that the next town over also claims that they鈥檙e the best ever. Not in this melting pot of an area. Everything that everyone does seems to have to be attributed to some part of their background or heritage- such as: there鈥檚 a moment where Ali goes wild with fury after a friend of his kidnaps his fianc茅e (after seducing her with the idea of living in Europe and escaping the Asia that scares her) and he kills the man while taking a bite out of his throat, and afterwards says, 鈥淚 am an Asiatic, not a European. I never mastered the art of hitting below the belt. I can only go mad like the desert wolf.鈥� In this charged atmosphere, every action is a statement, every minute one chooses sides in this meeting place of 鈥淎sia and Europe鈥�. Everyone judges those actions to determine which side you are on. Ali is a man caught by this transformative moment in time- 1914. He is a man who is 鈥淎siatic in his blood鈥� and yet is in love with a woman who loves Europe and by extension does many things that might make him seem to lean towards Europe for the sake of 鈥減utting the smile back in Nino鈥檚 eyes鈥濃€� and yet, and yet. He cannot let go of the desert, and freaks out at the possibility of being posted to Paris where he cannot ride out into the desert, or stand on top of his roof looking over the sand.
There are many quotes here where people try to philosophize their way to a solution to what makes people so different, and how this Asia and Europe is divided. People at the time weren鈥檛 quite sure what to make of it, where the line was. And so conversations like these happened:
鈥淲hat have you against trees? To me they are the embodiment of life fulfilled.鈥�
鈥淎li Khan is afraid of trees the way a child is afraid of ghosts,鈥� said Nino
鈥淚t鈥檚 not as bad as that. But what you feel for trees I feel for the desert,鈥� I replied
Dadiani鈥檚 childish eyes blinked. 鈥淭he desert,鈥� he said, 鈥渇allow bushes and hot sand.鈥�
鈥淭he world of trees perplexes me, your Highness. It is full of fight and mystery, of ghosts and demons. You cannot look ahead. You are surrounded. It is dark. The sun鈥檚 rays are lost in the twilight of the trees. In this twilight everything is unreal. No, I do not love he trees. The shadows of the wood oppress me, and it makes me sad to hear the rustling of the branches. I love simple things: wind, sand and stones. The desert is simple like the thrust of a sword. I lose my way in the woods, your Highness.鈥�
Dadiani looked at me thoughtfully: 鈥淵ou have the soul of a desert man,鈥� he said. 鈥淢aybe that is the one real division between men: wood men and desert men. The Orient鈥檚 dry intoxication comes from the desert, where hot wind and hot sand make men drunk, where the world is simple and without problems. The woods are full of questions. Only the desert does not ask, does not give, and does not promise anything. But the fire of the soul comes from the wood. The desert man- I can see him- has but one face, and knows but one truth and that truth fulfills him. The wood man has many faces. Maybe that is the main difference between East and West.鈥�
The example there would seem to have quite the Western interpretation, but there鈥檚 just as many conversations the other way. And I wonder if I only see the representative of the 鈥淓ast鈥� coming off worse there because of my own Western or modern biases about tolerance. I don鈥檛 know. But if this all seems too much just remember this was written in 1937, by a man who was born in Baku in 1904, and who therefore must be presumed to know what he is talking about. He gives all sides a voice, lets everyone express both their superiority and their shortcomings in more or less equal measure- no one group is allowed to be pure. For instance, our hero repeatedly thinks about killing Westerners for looking at his wife鈥檚 shoulders or and is shocked by them asking about her in conversation- interest in another man鈥檚 wife being indecent in his society. While at the same time he is the man who gives up the most of himself for love, tries his best to do whatever makes Nino happy even at the cost of his own identity, and is generally the most honest, kind, and reflective character in the book. Characters representing the West are often shown to have the most drive, the most passion, and the clarity to see the way the world works, and yet they鈥檙e also shown to be hypocritical, and of course.. the horror of WWI. Sadly, the author only has to conjure up the image of the machine gun or say the word 鈥渢renches,鈥� to condemn what all the 鈥渃ivilization鈥� of Europe has come to. The fact that he wrote this on the eve of yet another world war is even more poignant. I鈥檝e heard that this is considered the Azeri national novel- I鈥檇 believe that. It gives a visceral picture of the history, culture and every day life of the area at the time, and more than that deals with the larger conflicts that still plague the region today. And not only the region- elsewhere in the world as well.
The story of the author ties in to the theme of this work. As fascinating as the novel, really. He was born a Ukranian Jew, converted to Islam and became Essad Bey, and published under the name of Kurban Said. He lived in Baku (left for Berlin after the Russian Revolution), Berlin (until Hitler), Austria and Italy. There is evidence, actually, that the Austrian baroness he became friends with in the 1930s deserves co-authorship of this book- it is certainly based on his interactions with her, as is the other novel published under his name, The Girl From the Golden Horn. This was a man who was used to trying on different identities and seeing what became him, what came closest to his Self, and a man who would know what it was like for someone to tell you what you were when you didn鈥檛 consider yourself to be anything of that kind.
Reading this, I often had to remind myself that it was written in 1937. All of these things are still immediately important now- East v. West, the answer to the question 鈥榃hat is Europe?鈥�, the balance between preservation of culture and the natural progress of society, societal structures in a mixed religious society, the problem of what identity one really wants to fix one鈥檚 Self to. The questions of the twentieth century aren鈥檛 over yet, not by a long shot, and it is truly amazing how far we have not come from the days of this novel.
This novel is both a part of that genre and so much more than that. It is told from the first person perspective of Ali Khan Shirvanshir, who has turned a request from the town gossip to "write down what a hero's feelings are," into a personal diary. Ali Khan is a Muslim growing up in Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea, in what is at the time a Russian possession. He is in love with Nino Kipiani, a Georgian Christian who becomes a Georgian Princess through the courtesy of the Czar. If you're thinking that this will turn out to be a typical star-crossed lovers meet at garden walls and ne'er dare speak their love, you'd be wrong. For this is a melting pot of a society, an oil-boom town, where Georgians, Armenians, Westerners, Persians and Muslims (who, interestingly, are the group referred to by their religion, not their nationality- they are called "Mohammedans") all mix together. Everyone does have a place, but there are many factors which factor into deciding who matters, who is where on the social scale- schooling, family, money, and family history.
No, the book focuses on the much more interesting task of how one makes a cross-cultural life in a world that is becoming ever more divided along every line possible- religion, politics, economics, and of course the powerful new god of Nationalism.
This is, more than anything else, a meditation on definitions, explanations, lines and musings on Who I Am and Who I Am Not, and perhaps more importantly for geopolitics, Who We Are and Who We Are Not. Ali visits many towns around his area and they all have some great story of their background, a legend that makes where they live the best place on earth, and no one seems to mind that the next town over also claims that they鈥檙e the best ever. Not in this melting pot of an area. Everything that everyone does seems to have to be attributed to some part of their background or heritage- such as: there鈥檚 a moment where Ali goes wild with fury after a friend of his kidnaps his fianc茅e (after seducing her with the idea of living in Europe and escaping the Asia that scares her) and he kills the man while taking a bite out of his throat, and afterwards says, 鈥淚 am an Asiatic, not a European. I never mastered the art of hitting below the belt. I can only go mad like the desert wolf.鈥� In this charged atmosphere, every action is a statement, every minute one chooses sides in this meeting place of 鈥淎sia and Europe鈥�. Everyone judges those actions to determine which side you are on. Ali is a man caught by this transformative moment in time- 1914. He is a man who is 鈥淎siatic in his blood鈥� and yet is in love with a woman who loves Europe and by extension does many things that might make him seem to lean towards Europe for the sake of 鈥減utting the smile back in Nino鈥檚 eyes鈥濃€� and yet, and yet. He cannot let go of the desert, and freaks out at the possibility of being posted to Paris where he cannot ride out into the desert, or stand on top of his roof looking over the sand.
There are many quotes here where people try to philosophize their way to a solution to what makes people so different, and how this Asia and Europe is divided. People at the time weren鈥檛 quite sure what to make of it, where the line was. And so conversations like these happened:
鈥淲hat have you against trees? To me they are the embodiment of life fulfilled.鈥�
鈥淎li Khan is afraid of trees the way a child is afraid of ghosts,鈥� said Nino
鈥淚t鈥檚 not as bad as that. But what you feel for trees I feel for the desert,鈥� I replied
Dadiani鈥檚 childish eyes blinked. 鈥淭he desert,鈥� he said, 鈥渇allow bushes and hot sand.鈥�
鈥淭he world of trees perplexes me, your Highness. It is full of fight and mystery, of ghosts and demons. You cannot look ahead. You are surrounded. It is dark. The sun鈥檚 rays are lost in the twilight of the trees. In this twilight everything is unreal. No, I do not love he trees. The shadows of the wood oppress me, and it makes me sad to hear the rustling of the branches. I love simple things: wind, sand and stones. The desert is simple like the thrust of a sword. I lose my way in the woods, your Highness.鈥�
Dadiani looked at me thoughtfully: 鈥淵ou have the soul of a desert man,鈥� he said. 鈥淢aybe that is the one real division between men: wood men and desert men. The Orient鈥檚 dry intoxication comes from the desert, where hot wind and hot sand make men drunk, where the world is simple and without problems. The woods are full of questions. Only the desert does not ask, does not give, and does not promise anything. But the fire of the soul comes from the wood. The desert man- I can see him- has but one face, and knows but one truth and that truth fulfills him. The wood man has many faces. Maybe that is the main difference between East and West.鈥�
The example there would seem to have quite the Western interpretation, but there鈥檚 just as many conversations the other way. And I wonder if I only see the representative of the 鈥淓ast鈥� coming off worse there because of my own Western or modern biases about tolerance. I don鈥檛 know. But if this all seems too much just remember this was written in 1937, by a man who was born in Baku in 1904, and who therefore must be presumed to know what he is talking about. He gives all sides a voice, lets everyone express both their superiority and their shortcomings in more or less equal measure- no one group is allowed to be pure. For instance, our hero repeatedly thinks about killing Westerners for looking at his wife鈥檚 shoulders or and is shocked by them asking about her in conversation- interest in another man鈥檚 wife being indecent in his society. While at the same time he is the man who gives up the most of himself for love, tries his best to do whatever makes Nino happy even at the cost of his own identity, and is generally the most honest, kind, and reflective character in the book. Characters representing the West are often shown to have the most drive, the most passion, and the clarity to see the way the world works, and yet they鈥檙e also shown to be hypocritical, and of course.. the horror of WWI. Sadly, the author only has to conjure up the image of the machine gun or say the word 鈥渢renches,鈥� to condemn what all the 鈥渃ivilization鈥� of Europe has come to. The fact that he wrote this on the eve of yet another world war is even more poignant. I鈥檝e heard that this is considered the Azeri national novel- I鈥檇 believe that. It gives a visceral picture of the history, culture and every day life of the area at the time, and more than that deals with the larger conflicts that still plague the region today. And not only the region- elsewhere in the world as well.
The story of the author ties in to the theme of this work. As fascinating as the novel, really. He was born a Ukranian Jew, converted to Islam and became Essad Bey, and published under the name of Kurban Said. He lived in Baku (left for Berlin after the Russian Revolution), Berlin (until Hitler), Austria and Italy. There is evidence, actually, that the Austrian baroness he became friends with in the 1930s deserves co-authorship of this book- it is certainly based on his interactions with her, as is the other novel published under his name, The Girl From the Golden Horn. This was a man who was used to trying on different identities and seeing what became him, what came closest to his Self, and a man who would know what it was like for someone to tell you what you were when you didn鈥檛 consider yourself to be anything of that kind.
Reading this, I often had to remind myself that it was written in 1937. All of these things are still immediately important now- East v. West, the answer to the question 鈥榃hat is Europe?鈥�, the balance between preservation of culture and the natural progress of society, societal structures in a mixed religious society, the problem of what identity one really wants to fix one鈥檚 Self to. The questions of the twentieth century aren鈥檛 over yet, not by a long shot, and it is truly amazing how far we have not come from the days of this novel.
April 13, 2023
袣邪泻 褏芯褉芯褕芯, 褔褌芯 褉芯屑邪薪 薪械 泻邪薪褍谢 胁 袥械褌褍, 褔褌芯 薪械屑械褑泻邪褟 褏褍写芯卸薪懈褑邪 袞械薪褟 袚褉邪屑邪薪 褉邪褋泻芯锌邪谢邪 械谐芯 胁 谢邪胁泻械 斜褍泻懈薪懈褋褌邪 懈 写邪谢邪 械屑褍 胁褌芯褉褍褞 卸懈蟹薪褜! 袗 褋泻芯谢褜泻芯 械褖械 胁 屑懈褉械 蟹邪斜褘褌褘褏 褉芯屑邪薪芯胁鈥� 袙 褋锌芯褉械 芯斜 邪胁褌芯褉褋褌胁械 褟 褋泻谢芯薪褟褞褋褜 泻 褌芯屑褍, 褔褌芯 邪胁褌芯褉芯屑 屑芯谐 斜褘褌褜 褔械谢芯胁械泻, 卸懈胁褕懈泄 胁 袘邪泻褍, 屑芯卸械褌 斜褘褌褜, 褏芯褌褟 斜褘 薪械斜芯谢褜褕芯泄 芯褌褉械蟹芯泻 胁褉械屑械薪懈. 携 褋芯屑薪械胁邪褞褋褜, 褔褌芯 斜邪褉芯薪械褋褋邪 褎芯薪 袘芯写屑械褉褋褏芯褎 屑芯谐谢邪 斜褘 薪邪锌懈褋邪褌褜 褉芯屑邪薪 芯 卸懈蟹薪懈 胁 谐芯褉芯写邪褏 懈 褋械谢邪褏 褉械谐懈芯薪邪, 泻芯褌芯褉褘泄 芯薪邪 薪械 锌芯褋械褖邪谢邪. 袛邪卸械 褋械泄褔邪褋 胁 褝锌芯褏褍 懈薪褌械褉薪械褌邪, 锌芯锌褉芯斜褍泄褌械 薪邪锌懈褋邪褌褜 芯斜 袗蟹械褉斜邪泄写卸邪薪械, 薪邪褏芯写褟褋褜 胁 袙械薪械. 袙屑械褋褌械 褋 褌械屑, 械褋谢懈 褉芯屑邪薪 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪 薪邪 薪械屑械褑泻芯屑 褟蟹褘泻械, 褝褌芯 褌褉械斜褍械褌 薪械 锌褉芯褋褌芯 褋胁芯斜芯写薪芯谐芯 胁谢邪写械薪懈褟 懈屑, 薪芯 懈 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褜 褌胁芯褉懈褌褜 薪邪 褝褌芯屑 褟蟹褘泻械. 袧邪胁械褉薪芯械, 褌芯谢褜泻芯 褋芯胁褋械屑 褍蟹泻懈泄 泻褉褍谐 锌懈褋邪褌械谢械泄 屑芯谐 锌懈褋邪褌褜 薪邪 写胁褍褏 懈 斜芯谢械械 褟蟹褘泻邪褏 (袧邪斜芯泻芯胁, 袘褉芯写褋泻懈泄, 小褝屑褞褝谢 袘械泻泻械褌, 袛卸芯蟹械褎 袣芯薪褉邪写, 屑芯卸械褌 斜褘褌褜 械褖械 锌邪褉邪 懈屑械薪), 褏芯褌褟 屑褍谢褜褌懈谢懈薪谐胁邪屑懈 斜褘谢懈 屑薪芯谐懈械. 袙 芯斜褖械屑, 褟 写褍屑邪褞, 褔褌芯 褉芯屑邪薪 斜褘谢 薪邪锌懈褋邪薪 邪蟹械褉斜邪泄写卸邪薪褑械屑, 谢懈斜芯 卸懈褌械谢械屑 袗蟹械褉斜邪泄写卸邪薪邪, 薪芯 蟹邪褌械屑 锌械褉械胁械写械薪 薪邪 薪械屑械褑泻懈泄. 袟薪邪褔械薪懈械 褉芯屑邪薪邪 薪械 褌芯谢褜泻芯 胁 械谐芯 锌芯蟹薪邪胁邪褌械谢褜薪芯褋褌懈, 邪 褝褌芯 写械泄褋褌胁懈褌械谢褜薪芯, 褉械写泻邪褟 胁芯蟹屑芯卸薪芯褋褌褜 褍蟹薪邪褌褜 芯 卸懈蟹薪懈 谢褞写械泄 胁 写芯胁芯谢褜薪芯 芯斜芯褋芯斜谢械薪薪芯屑 屑械褋褌械 胁 屑懈褉械. 袦薪械 薪褉邪胁懈褌褋褟, 褔褌芯 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 谢褞写懈 褉邪蟹薪褘褏 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉, 薪邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪芯褋褌械泄, 胁械褉芯懈褋锌芯胁械写邪薪懈泄 卸懈谢懈 胁屑械褋褌械, 胁谢褞斜谢褟谢懈褋褜, 懈 胁屑械褋褌械 锌褉械芯写芯谢械胁邪谢懈 胁褋械 锌褉械锌褟褌褋褌胁懈褟, 褋芯蟹写邪胁邪械屑褘械 斜褍褉薪芯泄 褝锌芯褏芯泄. 校 邪胁褌芯褉邪 芯褔械薪褜 锌褉邪胁写懈胁芯械 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈械 泻 褋褌芯谢泻薪芯胁械薪懈褞 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉 袝胁褉芯锌褘 懈 袗蟹懈懈 薪邪 褉褍斜械卸械 胁械泻芯胁. 孝芯谢械褉邪薪褌薪芯褋褌褜 胁褘泻芯胁褘胁邪械褌褋褟 懈屑械薪薪芯 褔械褉械蟹 锌褉懈薪褟褌懈械 芯斜械懈褏 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉, 褔械褉械蟹 胁蟹邪懈屑薪褘械 褍褋褌褍锌泻懈. 孝邪屑, 谐写械 谢褞写懈 褉邪蟹薪褘褏 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉 卸械薪褟褌褋褟, 褌邪屑 懈 械褋褌褜 褝褌邪 褌芯谢械褉邪薪褌薪芯褋褌褜, 锌芯褋泻芯谢褜泻褍 懈屑械薪薪芯 胁 斜褉邪泻械, 谢褞写懈 褍褔邪褌褋褟 褍褋褌褍锌邪褌褜, 锌褉芯褖邪褌褜 懈 锌褉懈薪懈屑邪褌褜. 袣芯薪械褔薪芯, 斜褘谢懈 懈, 泻 褋芯卸邪谢械薪懈褞, 械褋褌褜 薪械谐邪褌懈胁薪褘械 锌褉芯褟胁谢械薪懈褟 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉, 泻芯褌芯褉褘械 胁褘蟹褘胁邪褞褌 褋芯写褉芯谐邪薪懈械, 褌邪泻懈械 泻邪泻 泻褉芯胁薪邪褟 屑械褋褌褜 懈谢懈 懈蟹斜懈械薪懈械 褋芯斜邪泻, 泻芯褌芯褉褘屑 写邪褞褌 泻谢懈褔泻褍 胁褉邪谐邪, 懈谢懈 褎邪泻褌褘 锌芯写邪胁谢械薪懈褟 芯写薪芯泄 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉褘 写褉褍谐芯泄, 薪邪锌褉懈屑械褉, 芯斜褍褔械薪懈械 胁 谐懈屑薪邪蟹懈懈, 谐写械 锌芯写邪胁谢褟褞褖械械 斜芯谢褜褕懈薪褋褌胁芯 褍褔械薪懈泻芯胁 斜褘谢懈 屑褍褋褍谢褜屑邪薪械, 薪邪 褉褍褋褋泻芯屑 褟蟹褘泻械. 小 写褉褍谐芯泄 褋褌芯褉芯薪褘, 懈 褋械泄褔邪褋 械褋褌褜 褕泻芯谢褘, 谐写械 胁褋械 锌褉械写屑械褌褘 薪邪 邪薪谐谢懈泄褋泻芯屑, 褌邪泻 褔褌芯 褝褌芯 - 写械谢芯 谢懈褔薪芯谐芯 胁褘斜芯褉邪, 谐谢邪胁薪芯械, 褔褌芯斜褘 褝褌芯褌 胁褘斜芯褉 斜褘谢 鈥� 薪芯 锌芯 泻褉邪泄薪械泄 屑械褉械 胁 褉芯屑邪薪械 芯 薪邪谢懈褔懈懈 胁褘斜芯褉邪 薪械 谐芯胁芯褉懈褌褋褟. 袘械褉械卸薪芯械 芯褌薪芯褕械薪懈械 袗谢懈 泻 袧懈薪芯 胁芯 胁褉械屑褟 斜械谐褋褌胁邪 胁 孝械谐械褉邪薪, 胁 屑械褋褌芯 褔褍卸写芯械 械泄 锌芯 泻褍谢褜褌褍褉械: 芦携 写谢褟 薪械械 懈 褌械邪褌褉, 懈 泻芯褎械泄薪褟, 懈 写褉褍谐, 懈 屑褍卸禄 - 薪械 屑芯卸械褌 薪械 褌褉芯谐邪褌褜. 校 褉芯屑邪薪邪 芯褌泻褉褘褌褘泄 褎懈薪邪谢 鈥� 泻邪泻 褋谢芯卸懈谢邪褋褜 写邪谢褜薪械泄褕邪褟 褋褍写褜斜邪 袧懈薪芯?
September 24, 2024
鈥淭hank God we are in Europe. If we were in Asia they would have made me wear the veil and you couldn鈥檛 have seen me.鈥�
鈥淚 suppose you will make your wife wear the veil? 鈥楳aybe, it depends. It is very useful to protect against the sun, dust and strangers looks.鈥� Nino blushed. 鈥榊ou will always be Asiatic, Ali. A woman wants to please.鈥� 鈥極nly to please her husband.鈥�
鈥淵ou may have one, two, three or four wives. The woman鈥檚 place is in the inner part of the house. A well brought up man does not talk of them, ask about them or give regards.鈥�
鈥淲ise old men sit in a circle and pass sentence according to the laws of Allah. A sack is carried through the alleys when the night is darkest. A muffled groaning, a soft splash in the sea, and the sack disappears. The next day a man sits on the floor, his eyes full of tears. He has fulfilled the law: death to an adulteress. Let me be born a Muslim of the Shiite faith.鈥�
鈥淚 sat at home and pondered the futility of Latin learning on the coast of the Caspian. All of these were disturbing and unnecessary books of western knowledge - of chemistry, physics and trigonometry - foolish stuff invented by western barbarians to create the impression that they are civilized.鈥�
***
Kurban Said is the pen name of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jewish writer whose pregnant mother fled pograms in Kiev to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. Tom Reiss wrote about him in his biography 鈥楾he Orientalist鈥�. Said鈥檚 identity was disputed for decades, and his life as a refugee in Europe after the Bolshevik revolution is an amazing saga of WWI & II adventure and adversity. He became a bestselling author at 24 and died at 36. Along the way he adopted the alias of a Muslim noble.
Ali begins his story shortly before high school graduation during the Russian Empire. Baku is a wealthy oil boom town, with an ancient inner city now surrounded by noveau riche
mansions. The majority of Azers were Shiite Muslims, with immigrants from Christian Europe. Ali had been in love with a Christian girl, Nino from Tbilisi, Georgia since he was a boy. He lived in a stately home in the old city, she in a rich house in the new city. Ali, enamored with Eastern tradition, is skeptical of the West.
Nino鈥檚 aristocratic mother and Ali鈥檚 pious father are both unaware of their plans to marry and may not approve. Ali is conflicted between the old values of Islam and a society on the cusp of modernity. The harem, the veil, the blood feuds and codes of honor are foreign to Nino. The school year done, Nino鈥檚 family goes to the Armenian mountains for summer. Ali follows her there, dreaming of their future wedding. As he pursues Nino the Tsar declares war on the Kaiser in the dog days of 1914.
Ali resolves not to fight for Russia, to the dismay of his father whose clan had fought alongside the Shah of Persia for generations. Muslims were exempt based on religious law, but many joined before the Ottoman Empire declared jihad on Russia. Consulting a mullah Ali gains his father鈥檚 blessing to be wed. Nino鈥檚 father relents and they travel to Tbilisi to meet her family. She mourns the loss of a European past and her pending Asian future, as Turkish and Russian soldiers march closer to Baku.
The Armenian who helped arrange Ali鈥檚 engagement with Nino kidnaps her. Ali learns by word of mouth, faster than telephone, and overtakes an automobile on horseback. Now wanted by the imperial police, and under a threat of blood feud, Ali hides in a mountain village where he is joined by Nino. The October Revolution removes the Tsar from power. On return to Baku, Muslims battle Bolsheviks for control of oil and independence. A massacre ensues and Ali escapes with his father and wife.
As Ali sails south on the Caspian Sea for Persia he reflects that he is no longer part of the Asia he loves. It鈥檚 boundaries had changed, he was educated by Europeans and then had married one. In Tehran they stay in a harem that belongs to his uncle. Nino is not allowed outside its walls as she refuses to wear the veil. Britain had made a treaty to protect and develop Persia in turn for its oil. Turkish forces close in to liberate Azerbaijan. Ali, a hero during the defense of Baku, longs to return home.
On the tenth day of Muharram, the month when Shia mourn the death of Muhammad鈥檚 grandson Husayn, penitents whip their backs with chains and beat their breasts, joined by Ali. Nino sees him from a window of her parents villa. Shocked by the fanatical ritual she begins to hate both him and the East. Returning to their ransacked home, it is renovated in European style. Turks patrol the streets and Ali becomes a diplomat of the new republic until the Soviet army arrives and sweeps it all away.
鈥楰urban Said鈥� tells the story with a sly sense of humor and irony. His descriptions are authentic observations he made during his youth. He was born in 1905 and left Baku in 1918 fleeing the Russian civil war. He and his father crossed the Uzbek and Persian deserts and passed over the Caucusus mountains before traveling through Istanbul, Rome, Paris and Berlin. The novel was first published in 1937 and has become a national treasure of Azerbaijan, translated into over thirty languages.
鈥淚 suppose you will make your wife wear the veil? 鈥楳aybe, it depends. It is very useful to protect against the sun, dust and strangers looks.鈥� Nino blushed. 鈥榊ou will always be Asiatic, Ali. A woman wants to please.鈥� 鈥極nly to please her husband.鈥�
鈥淵ou may have one, two, three or four wives. The woman鈥檚 place is in the inner part of the house. A well brought up man does not talk of them, ask about them or give regards.鈥�
鈥淲ise old men sit in a circle and pass sentence according to the laws of Allah. A sack is carried through the alleys when the night is darkest. A muffled groaning, a soft splash in the sea, and the sack disappears. The next day a man sits on the floor, his eyes full of tears. He has fulfilled the law: death to an adulteress. Let me be born a Muslim of the Shiite faith.鈥�
鈥淚 sat at home and pondered the futility of Latin learning on the coast of the Caspian. All of these were disturbing and unnecessary books of western knowledge - of chemistry, physics and trigonometry - foolish stuff invented by western barbarians to create the impression that they are civilized.鈥�
***
Kurban Said is the pen name of Lev Nussimbaum, a Jewish writer whose pregnant mother fled pograms in Kiev to Baku, capital of Azerbaijan on the Caspian Sea. Tom Reiss wrote about him in his biography 鈥楾he Orientalist鈥�. Said鈥檚 identity was disputed for decades, and his life as a refugee in Europe after the Bolshevik revolution is an amazing saga of WWI & II adventure and adversity. He became a bestselling author at 24 and died at 36. Along the way he adopted the alias of a Muslim noble.
Ali begins his story shortly before high school graduation during the Russian Empire. Baku is a wealthy oil boom town, with an ancient inner city now surrounded by noveau riche
mansions. The majority of Azers were Shiite Muslims, with immigrants from Christian Europe. Ali had been in love with a Christian girl, Nino from Tbilisi, Georgia since he was a boy. He lived in a stately home in the old city, she in a rich house in the new city. Ali, enamored with Eastern tradition, is skeptical of the West.
Nino鈥檚 aristocratic mother and Ali鈥檚 pious father are both unaware of their plans to marry and may not approve. Ali is conflicted between the old values of Islam and a society on the cusp of modernity. The harem, the veil, the blood feuds and codes of honor are foreign to Nino. The school year done, Nino鈥檚 family goes to the Armenian mountains for summer. Ali follows her there, dreaming of their future wedding. As he pursues Nino the Tsar declares war on the Kaiser in the dog days of 1914.
Ali resolves not to fight for Russia, to the dismay of his father whose clan had fought alongside the Shah of Persia for generations. Muslims were exempt based on religious law, but many joined before the Ottoman Empire declared jihad on Russia. Consulting a mullah Ali gains his father鈥檚 blessing to be wed. Nino鈥檚 father relents and they travel to Tbilisi to meet her family. She mourns the loss of a European past and her pending Asian future, as Turkish and Russian soldiers march closer to Baku.
The Armenian who helped arrange Ali鈥檚 engagement with Nino kidnaps her. Ali learns by word of mouth, faster than telephone, and overtakes an automobile on horseback. Now wanted by the imperial police, and under a threat of blood feud, Ali hides in a mountain village where he is joined by Nino. The October Revolution removes the Tsar from power. On return to Baku, Muslims battle Bolsheviks for control of oil and independence. A massacre ensues and Ali escapes with his father and wife.
As Ali sails south on the Caspian Sea for Persia he reflects that he is no longer part of the Asia he loves. It鈥檚 boundaries had changed, he was educated by Europeans and then had married one. In Tehran they stay in a harem that belongs to his uncle. Nino is not allowed outside its walls as she refuses to wear the veil. Britain had made a treaty to protect and develop Persia in turn for its oil. Turkish forces close in to liberate Azerbaijan. Ali, a hero during the defense of Baku, longs to return home.
On the tenth day of Muharram, the month when Shia mourn the death of Muhammad鈥檚 grandson Husayn, penitents whip their backs with chains and beat their breasts, joined by Ali. Nino sees him from a window of her parents villa. Shocked by the fanatical ritual she begins to hate both him and the East. Returning to their ransacked home, it is renovated in European style. Turks patrol the streets and Ali becomes a diplomat of the new republic until the Soviet army arrives and sweeps it all away.
鈥楰urban Said鈥� tells the story with a sly sense of humor and irony. His descriptions are authentic observations he made during his youth. He was born in 1905 and left Baku in 1918 fleeing the Russian civil war. He and his father crossed the Uzbek and Persian deserts and passed over the Caucusus mountains before traveling through Istanbul, Rome, Paris and Berlin. The novel was first published in 1937 and has become a national treasure of Azerbaijan, translated into over thirty languages.
October 28, 2015
This book is widely compared to Romeo and Juliet and even Dr. Zhivago and advertised as one of the best love stories of the last century. But in my opinion it is much more than just a love story. In fact, I'm not sure if I should听call this a love story at all. Many may decide to contradict me, but I will explain below. Due to the fact that I found much more depth to Ali and Nino than just the star-crossed-lovers theme, I showed some generosity with the rating, even though the narrative and writing weren't so much to my taste.
Another note that I would like to make is that I usually review books in the language I read them, in this case - Azerbaijani, but there are some things about Azerbaijan that I would like to say here and which I hope will reach my western friends.
(I'm also very excited about the movie which, I think, is currently filming. starring the lovely Maria Valverde as Nino.)
Ali and Nino does start out as a romance. As we flip听through the pages of Ali's memoirs of sorts, we see just how in love he is with her and that she also shares his feelings. What is beautiful about their love at the beginning is how uncomplicated it is. They love each other and that is that. Their families accept it, their friends accept it, society accepts it. Despite of religion, culture and personal beliefs, the simple fact exists that Ali and Nino are in love.
With the development of the plot, however, we witness a completely other side of this story. Layer after layer all sorts of events听add up to form a relationship between the characters which is so complicated and at moments even dark, that I state again my uncertainty听to see this book as a love story. The childish romance between the characters becomes stained with blood after Nino is kidnapped by another man and by the laws of honor killing, Ali can take her life for it. He doesn't - out of love, out of honor?
After Ali flees Baku he spends a very long time away from Nino. A narrative about Nino's actions after he leaves show a much darker shade of her personality. She is no longer the dear child he dreams of, but instead a girl who only dances with the Russian boys at balls and has a dog she regularly beats in public.
The rest of their relationship develops in a whirlwind of events, in the middle of which we see its many sides. Love is such a small part of it - there is passion, hate, tenderness, honor, stubbornness, shame, helplessness, belief, anger and so much more. Page after page we are shown not only the character's personalities on their own, but also how they change when they are together and also due to the unfolding events in Azerbaijan.
So is this love? And if so, what is love? Is it the simple fact that your world is someone else? Or should love be looked for in the not-so-beautiful reality of being with someone for many reasons and not just childish romance? Maybe it's the latter. I am just going to leave this here. The quote is my own translation, so forgive me if it doesn't do justice to the original.
"Suddenly I felt that nothing in this world is more valuable and sacred to me than Nino's eyes full of laughter..."
On the other hand, Ali and Nino is also extremely valuable on several听other subjects out of which I'm going to talk about one, and I would like here all westerners to think about it: This book shows the struggles the Azerbaijani people go through in their self-identification. With one foot their are standing in Asia, proud, beautifully wild, owners of ancient traditions and a religion which at that period has no place in the West. And then, with their other foot, they are tiptoeing on Europe, their culture is changing and developing, both thanks to their geographical location and due to the fact that they have such a (painfully) strong relationship with Russia. Of course it is confusing - from the way they should treat their women, to the questions which are posed many times in the book: Should we keep our tradition to eat with hands or instead eat with knives and forks? Should we drink wine, like the western people, or should we follow the Islamic rule of abstaining from it? And what about pork then?
And yet, Azerbaijan is the first Muslim country to grant the women the right to vote(1917) and it did earlier than Austria and Germany(1918), France(1945) and much earlier than Portugal(1976). There are many more to be added to this list, but I think you got the point that I'm making. Azerbaijan is also the first Muslim country to have operas and theaters, for that matter. Why am I getting into this? Because there are certain countries we don't know all that much about and with the help of Ali and Nino you can learn not only how developed Azerbaijan was even at the beginning of last century(not even going to talk about today, Google it and see for yourselves), but also how they came to be like that and what struggles they went through to get there. Because I, on behalf of other people, get ashamed when听I tell someone I've visited Azerbaijan and they reply something within the vicinity of "Ohmigosh didn't they like shoot at you and like make you wear like a veil???". No. Not even close.
December 22, 2013
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February 6, 2023
~ AZERBAIY脕N ~
May 16, 2020
Other than the title would make you assume this is not a romance novel, but rather a history book.
The author uses the muslim Ali and the Georgian, christian Nino as personification of the oriental respective European culture and describes the heavy culture clash taking place in Aserbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century.
I did not particularly enjoy this book but in acknowledgement of its historical importance I rate it with 3 stars.
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Man k枚nnte - schon allein durch den Titel - vermuten, dass es sich hier um einen Liebesroman handelt. Am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts verlieben sich in Baku die Teenager Ali und Nino, beides verw枚hnte Spr枚脽linge reicher und m盲chtiger Familien. Trotz des kulturell unterschiedlichen Hintergrunds kommt es nach einigem Hin und Her zu einer Eheschlie脽ung.
Als Leser merkt man dannn aber recht schnell, dass Ali und Nino nur Platzhalter f眉r die orientalische bzw. europ盲ische Kultur sein sollen, anhand derer der Autor das heftige Aufeinanderprallen der unterschiedlichen Weltsichten beschreibt.
Mir hat das Buch nicht sonderlich gefallen. Insbesondere habe ich mich an dem Blutdurst und blindem Nationalismus der jungen M盲nner gest枚rt und der allgegenw盲rtigen Frauenverachtung. Nat眉rlich wei脽 ich, dass das den Tatsachen geschuldet ist, dennoch macht es keinen Spa脽 dar眉ber zu lesen. M枚glicherweise spielte es auch eine wesentliche Rolle, dass der Autor Ali als Ich-Erz盲hler angelegt hatte, der dadurch die M枚glichkeit hatte seine unreifen und reaktion盲ren Ansichten im 脺berma脽 an den Leser zu bringen.
In Anbetracht des historischen Werts dieses Buches, gebe ich 3 Sterne, obwohl die Lekt眉re f眉r mich kein Genuss war.
The author uses the muslim Ali and the Georgian, christian Nino as personification of the oriental respective European culture and describes the heavy culture clash taking place in Aserbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century.
I did not particularly enjoy this book but in acknowledgement of its historical importance I rate it with 3 stars.
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Man k枚nnte - schon allein durch den Titel - vermuten, dass es sich hier um einen Liebesroman handelt. Am Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts verlieben sich in Baku die Teenager Ali und Nino, beides verw枚hnte Spr枚脽linge reicher und m盲chtiger Familien. Trotz des kulturell unterschiedlichen Hintergrunds kommt es nach einigem Hin und Her zu einer Eheschlie脽ung.
Als Leser merkt man dannn aber recht schnell, dass Ali und Nino nur Platzhalter f眉r die orientalische bzw. europ盲ische Kultur sein sollen, anhand derer der Autor das heftige Aufeinanderprallen der unterschiedlichen Weltsichten beschreibt.
Mir hat das Buch nicht sonderlich gefallen. Insbesondere habe ich mich an dem Blutdurst und blindem Nationalismus der jungen M盲nner gest枚rt und der allgegenw盲rtigen Frauenverachtung. Nat眉rlich wei脽 ich, dass das den Tatsachen geschuldet ist, dennoch macht es keinen Spa脽 dar眉ber zu lesen. M枚glicherweise spielte es auch eine wesentliche Rolle, dass der Autor Ali als Ich-Erz盲hler angelegt hatte, der dadurch die M枚glichkeit hatte seine unreifen und reaktion盲ren Ansichten im 脺berma脽 an den Leser zu bringen.
In Anbetracht des historischen Werts dieses Buches, gebe ich 3 Sterne, obwohl die Lekt眉re f眉r mich kein Genuss war.
Shelved as 'did-not-finish'
November 11, 2021Did not finish because it's written by a pair of scholars who are neither from Azerbaijan nor are they Muslim, making this not as eligible for my Around the World reading as I'd like. It's been on my tbr shelf almost ten years but now I will donate it onward. I found too much to be cringeworthy in the first 50 pages. I can see why the melodrama made it appealing to readers prior to WWII, the same people who flocked to Casablanca.
June 11, 2017
兀鬲毓亘鬲賳賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 .. 賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞 .. 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賲鬲賵賯毓丞 賱賰賳賴丕 噩賲賷賱丞 .. 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲亘丿毓 賮賷 丕賱賵氐賮 亘卮賰賱 乇賴賷亘 .. 鬲禺賷賱鬲 賳賮爻賷 賮賷 亘賷鬲 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 賮賷 亘丕賰賵 賵賮丕乇爻 賰賱賴丕 鬲賯亘毓 丿丕禺賱 丕賱亘賷鬲 賵噩賵乇噩賷丕 賲毓 賳賷賳賵.. 賵賮丕乇爻 胤賴乇丕賳 廿賷乇丕賳 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賶 賵丕賱賯氐賵乇 噩賲賷毓賴丕 賵丕賱賱賵丨丕鬲 賵丕賱亘賷賵鬲 賵丕賱賳爻丕亍 賵丕賱賲禺氐賷賷賳.. 兀馗賳 兀賳賳賷 乇爻賲鬲賴丕 賰丕賲賱丞 賮賷 毓賯賱賷 .. 噩賲賷賱丞 賵兀賳賷賯丞 .. 賵丕賱丨乇亘 賲孬賵丕賳丕 丕賱兀禺賷乇 丿丕卅賲丕 ..
August 4, 2010
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April 13, 2017
亘毓囟 丕賱丕毓賲丕賱 丕賱丕丿亘賷丞 賯丕丿乇丞 丕賳 鬲丕禺匕賰 丕賱賶 乇丨賱丞 毓亘乇 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賵丕賱夭賲丕賳 丕賱賶 亘賷卅丞 賯丿 賱丕 鬲賰賵賳 爻賲毓鬲 毓賳賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱 賵毓丕賱賲 賲噩賴賵賱 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲毓賱賲 毓賳賴 卮賷卅丕賸 貙 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 賳賵毓賷丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱丕毓賲丕賱 賮毓賯亘 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳賴丕 賵噩丿鬲賴丕 乇丨賱丞 賲賲賷夭丞 丕賱賶 賲丿賷賳丞 亘丕賰賵 丕賱兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳賷丞 賵賯鬲 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱丕賵賱賷 賱鬲爻乇丿 賵丕賯毓 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 亘鬲囟丕乇賷爻賴丕 丕賱噩亘賱賷丞 賵鬲毓丿丿 胤賵丕卅賮 爻賰丕賳賴丕 貙 賰賷賮 賰丕賳鬲 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲 乇睾賲 丕禺鬲賱丕賮賴賲 賮賷 丕賱賱賴噩丕鬲 賵賮賷 丕賱丕丿賷丕賳 貙 賰賷賮 賵丕噩賴鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 毓賱賷賴丕 乇睾賲 丕賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 胤乇賮 賮賷賴丕 賵賰賷賮 賰丕賳 乇丿 賮毓賱 爻賰丕賳賴丕 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱鬲賶 丕卮鬲毓賱鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱乇賵爻 賵丕賱丕鬲乇丕賰 貙 賰賱 匕賱賰 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賯氐丞 丨亘 賳卮兀鬲 亘賷賳 毓賱賶 賵賳賷賳賵 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱賲爻賱賲 匕賵 丕賱丕氐賵賱 丕賱賲爻賱賲丞 丕賱卮賷毓賷丞 賵丕賱丕賲賷乇丞 丕賱噩賵乇噩賷丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 貙 鬲毓胤賷賰 丕丨爻丕爻 亘丕賳賴丕 鬲卮亘賴 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 乇賵賲賷賵 賵噩賵賱賷鬲 丕賵 丨鬲賶 丕賱賮 賱賷賱丞 賵賱賷賱丞 賵賲孬賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賯丿賷賲丞 丕賱賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賱丕 鬲賲賱 賲賳 賯乇丕亍鬲賴丕 丕亘丿丕 .. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲噩乇亘丞 賲賲賷夭丞 賱賱睾丕賷丞 賵丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲賲 丕賳鬲丕噩賴丕 賰賮賷賱賲 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 丕賱毓丕賲 丕賱賲丕囟賷 賵賰丕賳 噩賷丿 噩丿丕 賵丕爻鬲胤丕毓 賳賯賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘卮賰賱 賲賲賷夭
April 2, 2021
Una maravilla de libro, lo tiene todo para disfrutar. Gracias que Asteroide lo publicara hace unos a帽os y yo buscando libros para el marzo asi谩tico que se salieran de la zona de Asia Oriental lo encontrara. Historia de amor entre un musulm谩n y una cristiana en la Azerbaiy谩n de principios de siglo xx en una Bak煤 en la que conviv铆an todas las etnias (armenios, georgianos, turcos, rusos) hasta que llega la primera guerra mundial y la revoluci贸n rusa y todo cambiar谩 para siempre. Me ha gustado por ver la historia de la primera guerra mundial vista desde otra visi贸n diferente a la habitual europea occidental. Me sorprende que en estos tiempos de plataformas con infinitas adaptaciones en pel铆culas y series a nadie se le haya ocurrido todav铆a llevar esta historia a la pantalla. Tiene esa esencia de historia de amor en escenarios ex贸ticos que ten铆a El paciente ingles.
January 9, 2013
毓賳 毓賱賶 賵賳賷賳賵 賵丕賱賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賵丕賱賲乇亘賰丞 賵丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 ...
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乇丿 毓賱賷賴 毓賱賶 賱丕 亘賱 賴賳丕賰 250 賲賱賷賵賳 賲爻賱賲 爻賷兀鬲賵賳 賱賷賳氐乇賵賳賳丕 賱賰賳賳賶 賱爻鬲 丕丿乇賶 賴賱 爻賷兀鬲賵賳 賮賶 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱賲賳丕爻亘 丕賲 賱丕 ... 賵賰丕賳鬲 鬲賱賰 丌禺乇 賰賱賲丕鬲 毓賱賶
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賵賰賲 賰丕賳 丕賱賲丐賱賮 毓亘賯乇賶 毓賳丿賲丕 賯丕賱 毓賱賶 賱爻丕賳 賵丕賱丿 毓賱賶 : 亘丕賰賵 賱賲 鬲毓丿 鬲賳鬲賲賶 賱丌爻賷丕 .. 丕賳鬲 賳賮爻賰 睾丕囟亘丕 賱丕賳賰 鬲賳夭賱賯 丕賱賶 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱丕賵乇賵亘賷丞 賮賯丿 鬲毓賱賲鬲 賮賶 賲丿丕乇爻 乇賵爻賷丞 賵鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵鬲夭賵噩鬲 丕噩賳亘賷丞 賲爻賷丨賷丞 ... 賵賱賵 賱賲 鬲鬲賲 賲丨賵 丕賱賴賵賷丞 賯氐乇丕 賰賳鬲 丕賳鬲 賲賳 爻鬲爻毓賶 丕賱賶 丕賱鬲睾乇賷亘
賲丐賱賮 賲睾賲賵乇 賱賲 賷毓乇賮 毓賳賴 爻賵賶 丕賳賴 賰丕賳 賷賴賵丿賷丕 賵丕爻賱賲 .. 丕爻賲 賲爻鬲毓丕乇 賱氐丕丨亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 .. 賵賰兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲兀鬲賶 賲賳 丕賱毓丿賲 丕賱賷賳丕 賲亘丕卮乇丞 ... 賵賰賲 爻兀丿毓賵 賱賱賲丐賱賮 賮賶 氐賱丕鬲賶 丕賳 賷乇丨賲賴 丕賱賱賴 賱丕賳賴 丕乇丕賳賶 賲丕 賰賳鬲 丕鬲賵賯 賱乇丐賷鬲賴 ..
October 27, 2014
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲孬丕賱賷丞 賱氐丕丨亘 賲夭丕噩 睾乇賷亘 賲孬賱賷 賵 賱賰賱 賲賳 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 賳賰賴丞 卮乇賯賷丞 賵 兀禺乇賶 睾乇亘賷丞 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕丨丿丞.廿賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳賷 賯乇亘丕賳 爻毓賷丿 兀賵 兀爻毓丿 亘賷賴 賵 賴賵 丕賱丕爻賲 丕賱匕賷 丕毓鬲賳賯賴 丕賱賲丐賱賮 亘毓丿 鬲丨賵賱賴 賲賳 丕賱賷賴賵丿賷丞 廿賱賶 丕賱廿爻賱丕賲 貙 毓丕卮 丕賱乇噩賱 丨賷丕丞 丨丕賮賱丞 亘丨孬丕 毓賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞 賵 賰鬲亘 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賰鬲丕亘 兀睾賱亘賴丕 爻賷乇 匕丕鬲賷丞 賵 賱賲 賷賰鬲亘 爻賵賶 乇賵丕賷鬲賷賳 賴賲丕 毓賱賷 賵 賳賷賳賵 賵賮鬲丕丞 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱匕賴亘賷.
丕賱氐丿賮丞 賵丨丿賴丕 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 賰卮賮鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞 賵 丕賳鬲卮賱鬲賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳 廿匕 毓孬乇鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 噩賳賷丕 噩乇丕賲丕賳 亘賷賳 賰鬲亘 賲爻鬲毓賲賱丞 賮賷 兀丨丿 兀賰卮丕賰 亘賷毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 賮賷 亘乇賱賷賳.
鬲丨賰賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 亘丕賰賵 毓丕氐賲丞 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱亘賰乇 丕賱鬲賷 賱賵孬鬲賴丕 賲賳氐丕鬲 丕賱亘鬲乇賵賱 貙 鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 賯氐丞 丨亘 噩賲毓鬲 亘賷賳 毓賱賷 丕賱賲爻賱賲 丕賱卮賷毓賷 賵 賳賷賳賵 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱兀乇孬賵匕賰爻賷丞 丕賱噩賵乇噩賷丞 貙 丕賱亘胤賱 賷鬲氐乇賮 賰兀賵乇賵亘賷 賮賷 賰孬賷乇賲賳 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賱賰賳 賲賳 丿丕禺賱賴 賴賵 丌爻賷賵賷 氐乇賮 貙 賷毓賯丿 丿賵賲丕 丕賱賲賯丕乇賳丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱卮乇賯 賵 丕賱睾乇亘 賮丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 賯丿 賱丕 賷乇賶 賵噩賴賴丕 賱賰賳賴 賷毓乇賮 乇賵丨賴丕 賵 毓丕丿丕鬲賴丕 賵 鬲賯丕賱賷丿賴丕 貙 亘賷賳賲丕 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 賯丿 賷乇賶 賲賳賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賵 賴賷 鬲爻賷乇 賮賷 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷毓乇賮 毓賳 乇賵丨賴丕 卮賷卅丕.鬲丿賵乇 亘賳丕 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮鬲乇丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘賷賳 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賵 丿丕睾爻鬲丕賳 賵 賮丕乇爻 貙 亘胤賱賴丕 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 卮乇賮丕賳卮賷乇 爻賱賷賱 毓丕卅賱丞 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賲丕鬲賵丕 賮丿丕亍 賱賲丕 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 丿賮丕毓丕 毓賳 亘賱丿賴賲 賵 賳賷賳賵 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨亘 毓賱賷 賵 賱賰賳賴丕 賱賴丕 鬲胤賱毓丕鬲 兀賵乇賵亘賷丞 噩丕賲丨丞 賵 爻賷丿 毓賱賷 賲氐胤賮賶 丕賱賲賱丕 丕賱卮賷毓賷 丕賱賲鬲毓氐亘 丕賱匕賷 賷乇丕賴 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 丕賱丨丕賮馗 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賱廿賷賲丕賳賴賲 丕賱氐丕賮賷 賳鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 賲卮賴丿 丕賱兀賵亘乇丕 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 賵 丕賱賲賵丕賰亘 丕賱噩賳丕卅夭賷丞 賱賷賵賲 毓丕卮賵乇丕亍 貙 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 噩亘丕賱 丿丕睾爻鬲丕賳 丨賷賳 賷胤丕乇丿 毓賱賷 亘鬲賴賲丞 丕賱賯鬲賱 賵 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇睾賷丿丞 賮賷 賮丕乇爻 賵 丕賱丕丨鬲賮丕賱丕鬲 丕賱兀乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳卮丿 賮賷賴丕 丕賱乇亘丕毓賷丕鬲 賵 兀亘賷丕鬲 丨丕賮馗 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 亘丨賮賱丕鬲 丕賱丿亘賱賵賲丕爻賷賷賳 賮賷 亘賷鬲 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 賮賷 賲賳丕禺 兀賵乇賵亘賷 亘丨鬲 亘毓丿 丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 鬲丨鬲 丨賲丕賷丞 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭 貙 孬賲 丕賱丕賳爻丨丕亘 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷 賵 丕賱丕噩鬲賷丕丨 丕賱乇賵爻賷 賱賷賲賵鬲 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 禺賱賮 亘賳丿賯賷鬲賴 丕賱丌賱賷丞 賲賷鬲丞 賷乇丕賴丕 丨鬲賲賷丞 賱爻賱賷賱 毓丕卅賱丞 卮丕乇賮丕賳卮賷乇.
丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳 噩賵 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷賳丕爻亘賳賷 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賴亘 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賳賴亘丕 賱鬲馗賮乇 亘賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞 兀賵 鬲賱賰 貙 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賷 賵 賳賷賳賵 乇賵丕賷丞 亘爻賷胤丞 丿賵賳 丕賮鬲毓丕賱 兀賵 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱賱鬲馗丕賴乇 亘丕賱毓賲賯.
兀賳氐丨 亘賴丕 賵 乇亘賲丕 丕亘丿兀 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 乇賵丕賷丞 賮鬲丕丞 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱匕賴亘賷
鬲丨賷丕鬲賷
丕賱氐丿賮丞 賵丨丿賴丕 賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 賰卮賮鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱丞 賵 丕賳鬲卮賱鬲賴丕 賲賳 丕賱賳爻賷丕賳 廿匕 毓孬乇鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 噩賳賷丕 噩乇丕賲丕賳 亘賷賳 賰鬲亘 賲爻鬲毓賲賱丞 賮賷 兀丨丿 兀賰卮丕賰 亘賷毓 丕賱賰鬲亘 賮賷 亘乇賱賷賳.
鬲丨賰賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 亘丕賰賵 毓丕氐賲丞 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀乇囟 丕賱亘賰乇 丕賱鬲賷 賱賵孬鬲賴丕 賲賳氐丕鬲 丕賱亘鬲乇賵賱 貙 鬲丨賰賷 毓賳 賯氐丞 丨亘 噩賲毓鬲 亘賷賳 毓賱賷 丕賱賲爻賱賲 丕賱卮賷毓賷 賵 賳賷賳賵 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱兀乇孬賵匕賰爻賷丞 丕賱噩賵乇噩賷丞 貙 丕賱亘胤賱 賷鬲氐乇賮 賰兀賵乇賵亘賷 賮賷 賰孬賷乇賲賳 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賱賰賳 賲賳 丿丕禺賱賴 賴賵 丌爻賷賵賷 氐乇賮 貙 賷毓賯丿 丿賵賲丕 丕賱賲賯丕乇賳丕鬲 亘賷賳 丕賱卮乇賯 賵 丕賱睾乇亘 賮丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱卮乇賯賷丞 賯丿 賱丕 賷乇賶 賵噩賴賴丕 賱賰賳賴 賷毓乇賮 乇賵丨賴丕 賵 毓丕丿丕鬲賴丕 賵 鬲賯丕賱賷丿賴丕 貙 亘賷賳賲丕 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 賯丿 賷乇賶 賲賳賴丕 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賵 賴賷 鬲爻賷乇 賮賷 丕賱卮丕乇毓 賱賰賳賴 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷毓乇賮 毓賳 乇賵丨賴丕 卮賷卅丕.鬲丿賵乇 亘賳丕 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮鬲乇丞 丕賱丨乇亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲賷丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 亘賷賳 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賵 丿丕睾爻鬲丕賳 賵 賮丕乇爻 貙 亘胤賱賴丕 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 卮乇賮丕賳卮賷乇 爻賱賷賱 毓丕卅賱丞 丕賱賲丨丕乇亘賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賲丕鬲賵丕 賮丿丕亍 賱賲丕 賷毓鬲賯丿賵賳 丿賮丕毓丕 毓賳 亘賱丿賴賲 賵 賳賷賳賵 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨亘 毓賱賷 賵 賱賰賳賴丕 賱賴丕 鬲胤賱毓丕鬲 兀賵乇賵亘賷丞 噩丕賲丨丞 賵 爻賷丿 毓賱賷 賲氐胤賮賶 丕賱賲賱丕 丕賱卮賷毓賷 丕賱賲鬲毓氐亘 丕賱匕賷 賷乇丕賴 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 丕賱丨丕賮馗 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賱廿賷賲丕賳賴賲 丕賱氐丕賮賷 賳鬲賳賯賱 亘賷賳 賲卮賴丿 丕賱兀賵亘乇丕 丕賱睾乇亘賷丞 賵 丕賱賲賵丕賰亘 丕賱噩賳丕卅夭賷丞 賱賷賵賲 毓丕卮賵乇丕亍 貙 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 噩亘丕賱 丿丕睾爻鬲丕賳 丨賷賳 賷胤丕乇丿 毓賱賷 亘鬲賴賲丞 丕賱賯鬲賱 賵 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱乇睾賷丿丞 賮賷 賮丕乇爻 賵 丕賱丕丨鬲賮丕賱丕鬲 丕賱兀乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳卮丿 賮賷賴丕 丕賱乇亘丕毓賷丕鬲 賵 兀亘賷丕鬲 丨丕賮馗 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 亘丨賮賱丕鬲 丕賱丿亘賱賵賲丕爻賷賷賳 賮賷 亘賷鬲 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 賮賷 賲賳丕禺 兀賵乇賵亘賷 亘丨鬲 亘毓丿 丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 鬲丨鬲 丨賲丕賷丞 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭 貙 孬賲 丕賱丕賳爻丨丕亘 丕賱丕賳噩賱賷夭賷 賵 丕賱丕噩鬲賷丕丨 丕賱乇賵爻賷 賱賷賲賵鬲 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 禺賱賮 亘賳丿賯賷鬲賴 丕賱丌賱賷丞 賲賷鬲丞 賷乇丕賴丕 丨鬲賲賷丞 賱爻賱賷賱 毓丕卅賱丞 卮丕乇賮丕賳卮賷乇.
丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳 噩賵 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷賳丕爻亘賳賷 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賴亘 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 賳賴亘丕 賱鬲馗賮乇 亘賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞 兀賵 鬲賱賰 貙 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賷 賵 賳賷賳賵 乇賵丕賷丞 亘爻賷胤丞 丿賵賳 丕賮鬲毓丕賱 兀賵 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱賱鬲馗丕賴乇 亘丕賱毓賲賯.
兀賳氐丨 亘賴丕 賵 乇亘賲丕 丕亘丿兀 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 乇賵丕賷丞 賮鬲丕丞 賲賳 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱匕賴亘賷
鬲丨賷丕鬲賷
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August 25, 2019
乇賵丕賷丞 卮丕卅賰丞 鬲丨賲賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇 賲賳 丕賱鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲 賵 丕賱睾賲賵囟 亘丿丕賷丞賸 亘賲丐賱賮賴丕 丕賱匕賷 賰鬲亘賴丕 鬲丨鬲 丕爻賲 賲爻鬲毓丕乇 兀氐賱 賷賴賵丿賷 賵賴賵 丕爻賲 賲爻鬲毓丕乇 賱賱賷賴賵丿賷 丕賱兀氐賱 賱賷賮 賳爻賷賲亘賵賲 賵 丕賱匕賷 賷賯丕賱 亘兀賳賴 丕毓鬲賳賯 丕賱丕爻賱丕賲 賵賵賱丿 賱兀爻乇丞 孬乇賷丞 賮賷 亘丕賰賵 鬲卮鬲睾賱 賮賷 氐賳丕毓丞 丕賱賳賮胤
賳卮乇鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵賱 賲乇丞 毓丕賲 1937 孬賲 賳購爻賷鬲 廿賱賶 兀賳 賵噩丿鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 噩賳賷丕 噩乇賲丕賳 賮賷 賰卮賰 賱賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賲爻鬲毓賲賱丞 賵 兀毓丕丿鬲 賳卮乇賴丕 賮毓丕丿鬲 亘氐禺亘 賰亘賷乇 賵丕賳鬲卮丕乇 賵丕爻毓 禺丕氐丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲賲 鬲丨賵賷賱賴丕 賱賮賷賱賲 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 毓賱賶 賷丿 丕賱賲禺乇噩 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷 丕賱賴賳丿賷 丌爻賮 賰丕亘丕丿賷丕
賰賲丕 兀賳賴 鬲賲 鬲氐賲賷賲 鬲賲孬丕賱 賲鬲丨乇賰 賮賷 亘丕鬲賵賲賷 賮賷 噩賵乇噩賷丕 賷噩爻丿 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 亘賷賳 丕賱賲爻賱賲 丕賱卮賷毓賷 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 卮賷乇賮丕賳卮賷乇 爻賱賷賱 賲賱賵賰 賮丕乇爻 賵丕賱兀賲賷乇丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱兀乇匕賵孬賰爻賷丞 丕賱噩賵乇噩賷丞 賳賷賳賵 賰賷亘賷丕賳賷
毓賵丿丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賰賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賮賷 丨賵丕賱賷 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲睾賱賮丞 匕賱賰 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賲丐賱賲 亘賯氐丞 丨亘 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 ..賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 丕賱兀夭賱賷丞 亘賷賳 丕賱卮丕亘 賵 丕賱卮丕亘丞貙 賴賷 賯氐丞 丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱爻賱丕賲貙 賯氐丞 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵丕賱乇噩賱 貙 丕賱卮乇賯 賵 丕賱睾乇亘貙 丌爻賷丕 賵 兀賵乇亘丕..賯氐丞 丕賱胤賵丕卅賮 賵 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳
賯乇兀鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 禺賱丕賱 乇丨賱鬲賷 賱兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賮賴賲鬲 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕賳丕賴丕 匕賱賰 丕賱卮毓亘 亘賰賵賳賴 賵賱丿 毓賱賶 兀乇囟 鬲賲賱賰 賰賳賵夭 賲賳 丕賱賳賮胤 噩毓賱賴丕 賲丨胤 兀賳馗丕乇 賰賱 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱毓馗賲賶 鬲鬲噩丕匕亘賴丕 賵鬲鬲賯丕匕賮賴丕 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴丕
賷賰賮賷 兀賳 鬲毓乇賮賵賳 亘兀賳 賴鬲賱乇 賰丕賳 兀丨丿 丕賱賲賴賵賵爻賷賳 亘丕賱丕爻鬲賷賱丕亍 毓賱賶 亘丕賰賵 丨賷孬 賯丕賱: "爻賳禺爻乇 丕賱丨乇亘 廿賳 賱賲 賳丨氐賱 毓賱賶 賳賮胤 亘丕賰賵"
賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賯亘賵乇 丕賱卮賴丿丕亍 丕賱賲賳鬲卮乇丞 賮賷 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賷鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賲乇亍 毓賱賶 賰賲賷丕鬲 丕賱丿賲丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 乇賵鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀乇囟 丨鬲賶 賵氐賱鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 賱賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱爻賱丕賲 亘廿毓賱丕賳賴丕 噩賲賴賵乇賷丞 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳
爻丕丨丞 卮賴丿丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨鬲囟賳 囟丨丕賷丕 賲噩夭乇丞 禺賵噩丕賱賷 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 1992 賱鬲禺鬲賲 亘匕賱賰 爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱賲噩丕夭乇 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕賳賶 賲賳賴丕 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱兀匕乇賷
賱賷爻鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱爻丕丨丞 賮賯胤 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨鬲囟賳 丕賱卮賴丿丕亍..賮賮賷 賰賱 賲賯丕亘乇 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賵禺丕乇噩 亘丕賰賵 鬲噩丿賵賳 賲賯丕亘乇 賱卮賴丿丕亍 賲購賷賻夭鬲 賯亘賵乇賴賲 亘丕賱賵乇賵丿 賵亘賵噩賵賴賴賲 丕賱賲丨賮賵乇丞 毓賱賶 卮賵丕賴丿賴丕 兀賵 睾購胤賷鬲 亘丕賱兀賵卮丨丞 丕賱禺囟乇丕亍 丕賱賲匕賴亘丞 廿賳 賰丕賳賵丕 賲賳 賳爻賱 丕賱乇爻賵賱 (氐)
賱賲賳 賱丕 賷丨亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賲孬賱賷貙 賵賱賲賳 賷賳賵賷 夭賷丕乇丞 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 ..丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱胤賷賮丞 噩丿丕賸 賵鬲毓胤賷 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賱賲丨丞 賲禺鬲氐乇丞 噩丿丕賸 毓賳 鬲丕乇賷禺 亘丕賰賵 賵丌賱丕賲賴丕 賵兀氐賵賱 卮毓亘賴丕
賷毓賷亘賴丕 賮賯胤 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 賮丕囟鬲 亘丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 丕賱賱睾賵賷丞 賵 丕賱廿賲賱丕卅賷丞 丕賱賲夭毓噩丞 賵丕賱賯賱賷賱 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞
賳卮乇鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵賱 賲乇丞 毓丕賲 1937 孬賲 賳購爻賷鬲 廿賱賶 兀賳 賵噩丿鬲賴丕 丕賱兀賱賲丕賳賷丞 噩賳賷丕 噩乇賲丕賳 賮賷 賰卮賰 賱賱賰鬲亘 丕賱賲爻鬲毓賲賱丞 賵 兀毓丕丿鬲 賳卮乇賴丕 賮毓丕丿鬲 亘氐禺亘 賰亘賷乇 賵丕賳鬲卮丕乇 賵丕爻毓 禺丕氐丞 亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲賲 鬲丨賵賷賱賴丕 賱賮賷賱賲 爻賷賳賲丕卅賷 毓賱賶 賷丿 丕賱賲禺乇噩 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷 丕賱賴賳丿賷 丌爻賮 賰丕亘丕丿賷丕
賰賲丕 兀賳賴 鬲賲 鬲氐賲賷賲 鬲賲孬丕賱 賲鬲丨乇賰 賮賷 亘丕鬲賵賲賷 賮賷 噩賵乇噩賷丕 賷噩爻丿 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 亘賷賳 丕賱賲爻賱賲 丕賱卮賷毓賷 毓賱賷 禺丕賳 卮賷乇賮丕賳卮賷乇 爻賱賷賱 賲賱賵賰 賮丕乇爻 賵丕賱兀賲賷乇丞 丕賱賲爻賷丨賷丞 丕賱兀乇匕賵孬賰爻賷丞 丕賱噩賵乇噩賷丞 賳賷賳賵 賰賷亘賷丕賳賷
毓賵丿丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨賰賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賮賷 丨賵丕賱賷 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲睾賱賮丞 匕賱賰 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱賲丐賱賲 亘賯氐丞 丨亘 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 ..賴賷 賱賷爻鬲 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 丕賱兀夭賱賷丞 亘賷賳 丕賱卮丕亘 賵 丕賱卮丕亘丞貙 賴賷 賯氐丞 丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱爻賱丕賲貙 賯氐丞 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賵丕賱乇噩賱 貙 丕賱卮乇賯 賵 丕賱睾乇亘貙 丌爻賷丕 賵 兀賵乇亘丕..賯氐丞 丕賱胤賵丕卅賮 賵 丕賱兀丿賷丕賳
賯乇兀鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 禺賱丕賱 乇丨賱鬲賷 賱兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴丕 賮賴賲鬲 丕賱賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕賳丕賴丕 匕賱賰 丕賱卮毓亘 亘賰賵賳賴 賵賱丿 毓賱賶 兀乇囟 鬲賲賱賰 賰賳賵夭 賲賳 丕賱賳賮胤 噩毓賱賴丕 賲丨胤 兀賳馗丕乇 賰賱 丕賱賯賵賶 丕賱毓馗賲賶 鬲鬲噩丕匕亘賴丕 賵鬲鬲賯丕匕賮賴丕 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴丕
賷賰賮賷 兀賳 鬲毓乇賮賵賳 亘兀賳 賴鬲賱乇 賰丕賳 兀丨丿 丕賱賲賴賵賵爻賷賳 亘丕賱丕爻鬲賷賱丕亍 毓賱賶 亘丕賰賵 丨賷孬 賯丕賱: "爻賳禺爻乇 丕賱丨乇亘 廿賳 賱賲 賳丨氐賱 毓賱賶 賳賮胤 亘丕賰賵"
賲賳 禺賱丕賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賯亘賵乇 丕賱卮賴丿丕亍 丕賱賲賳鬲卮乇丞 賮賷 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賷鬲毓乇賮 丕賱賲乇亍 毓賱賶 賰賲賷丕鬲 丕賱丿賲丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 乇賵鬲 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀乇囟 丨鬲賶 賵氐賱鬲 兀禺賷乇丕賸 賱賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱爻賱丕賲 亘廿毓賱丕賳賴丕 噩賲賴賵乇賷丞 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳
爻丕丨丞 卮賴丿丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨鬲囟賳 囟丨丕賷丕 賲噩夭乇丞 禺賵噩丕賱賷 賮賷 毓丕賱賲 1992 賱鬲禺鬲賲 亘匕賱賰 爻賱爻賱丞 丕賱賲噩丕夭乇 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕賳賶 賲賳賴丕 丕賱卮毓亘 丕賱兀匕乇賷
賱賷爻鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱爻丕丨丞 賮賯胤 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨鬲囟賳 丕賱卮賴丿丕亍..賮賮賷 賰賱 賲賯丕亘乇 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 賵禺丕乇噩 亘丕賰賵 鬲噩丿賵賳 賲賯丕亘乇 賱卮賴丿丕亍 賲購賷賻夭鬲 賯亘賵乇賴賲 亘丕賱賵乇賵丿 賵亘賵噩賵賴賴賲 丕賱賲丨賮賵乇丞 毓賱賶 卮賵丕賴丿賴丕 兀賵 睾購胤賷鬲 亘丕賱兀賵卮丨丞 丕賱禺囟乇丕亍 丕賱賲匕賴亘丞 廿賳 賰丕賳賵丕 賲賳 賳爻賱 丕賱乇爻賵賱 (氐)
賱賲賳 賱丕 賷丨亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賲孬賱賷貙 賵賱賲賳 賷賳賵賷 夭賷丕乇丞 兀匕乇亘賷噩丕賳 ..丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱胤賷賮丞 噩丿丕賸 賵鬲毓胤賷 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賱賲丨丞 賲禺鬲氐乇丞 噩丿丕賸 毓賳 鬲丕乇賷禺 亘丕賰賵 賵丌賱丕賲賴丕 賵兀氐賵賱 卮毓亘賴丕
賷毓賷亘賴丕 賮賯胤 丕賱鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 賮丕囟鬲 亘丕賱兀禺胤丕亍 丕賱賱睾賵賷丞 賵 丕賱廿賲賱丕卅賷丞 丕賱賲夭毓噩丞 賵丕賱賯賱賷賱 賲賳 丕賱鬲賳丕賯囟丕鬲 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞
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August 14, 2018携 褔械谢芯胁械泻 褋褌邪褉褘泄, - 薪邪褔邪谢 芯薪, - 懈 胁褋械, 褔褌芯 褟 蟹写械褋褜 胁懈卸褍 懈 褋谢褘褕褍, 谐谢褍斜芯泻芯 锌械褔邪谢懈褌 屑械薪褟. 袪褍褋褋泻懈械 褏芯褌褟褌 褍薪懈褔褌芯卸懈褌褜 褌褍褉泻芯胁, 褌褍褉泻懈 - 邪褉屑褟薪, 邪褉屑褟薪械 - 薪邪褋, 邪 屑褘 - 褉褍褋褋泻懈褏. 袧械 蟹薪邪褞, 褏芯褉芯褕芯 褝褌芯 懈谢懈 锌谢芯褏芯. 袦褘 胁褘褋谢褍褕邪谢懈 袟械泄薪邪谢 邪谐邪, 袦懈褉蟹褍, 袗谢懈, 肖邪褌邪谢懈 褏邪薪邪, 携 褉邪蟹写械谢褟褞 懈褏 褌褉械胁芯谐懈 芯 褕泻芯谢邪褏, 褉芯写薪芯屑 褟蟹褘泻械, 斜芯谢褜薪懈褑邪褏 懈 褋胁芯斜芯写械. 袙褋械 褝褌芯 芯褔械薪褜 褏芯褉芯褕芯. 袧芯 泻芯屑褍 薪褍卸薪褘 褕泻芯谢褘, 械褋谢懈 胁 薪懈褏 斜褍写褍褌 褍褔懈褌褜 胁褋褟泻芯泄 械褉褍薪写械? 袣芯屑褍 薪褍卸薪褘 斜芯谢褜薪懈褑褘, 谐写械 斜褍写褍褌 谢械褔懈褌褜 褌械谢芯, 蟹邪斜褘胁邪褟 芯 写褍褕械? 袧邪褕懈 写褍褕懈 褉胁褍褌褋褟 泻 袗谢谢邪褏褍. 袣芯薪械褔薪芯, 泻邪卸写褘泄 薪邪褉芯写 写褍屑邪械褌, 褔褌芯 褍 薪械谐芯 褋胁芯泄 袘芯谐. 袧芯 褟 写褍屑邪褞, 褔褌芯 袗谢谢邪褏, 谐芯胁芯褉褟褖懈泄 褍褋褌邪屑懈 胁褋械褏 锌褉芯褉芯泻芯胁, - 械写懈薪. 袨褌褌芯谐芯 褟 胁械褉褍褞 胁 袠懈褋褍褋邪, 袦芯懈褋械褟, 袣芯薪褎褍褑懈褟, 袘褍写写褍, 袦邪谐芯屑械褌邪. 袙褋械 屑褘 - 褌胁芯褉械薪懈褟 袗谢谢邪褏邪 懈, 锌褉芯泄写褟 褋泻胁芯蟹褜 袘邪斜a, 胁薪芯胁褜 胁械褉薪械屑褋褟 泻 薪械屑褍. 袨斜 褝褌芯屑 屑褘 写芯谢卸薪褘 褋泻邪蟹邪褌褜 薪邪褉芯写褍. 袧邪写芯 芯斜褗褟褋薪懈褌褜, 褔褌芯 薪械褌 薪懈 斜械谢芯谐芯, 薪懈 褔械褉薪芯谐芯, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 胁 褔械褉薪芯屑 褌邪懈褌褋褟 斜械谢芯械, 邪 胁 斜械谢芯屑 蟹邪泻谢褞褔械薪芯 褔械褉薪芯械. 携 写褍屑邪褞, 薪邪写芯 写械谢邪褌褜 褌邪泻, 褔褌芯斜 薪懈泻芯屑褍 薪械 斜褘谢 锌褉懈褔懈薪械薪 胁褉械写, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 屑褘 锌褉械写褋褌邪胁谢褟械屑 褋芯斜芯泄 褔邪褋褌懈褑褍 谢褞写械泄 懈 褔邪褋褌懈褑邪 薪邪褋 蟹邪泻谢褞褔械薪邪 胁 泻邪卸写芯屑 褔械谢芯胁械泻械.
May 2, 2019
Ali and Nino would be a quite convential written love story apart from a few facts. Firstly, the book is set in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, oil-reach trans-Caucasian country which many people would not be able place on the map. The time frame is the turbulent beginning of the last century, the first oil boom, the Russian revolution, the Young Turks and the fall of Osman empire are just a few cataclysms affecting the region. Secondly, the author of the book is unknown. The book is written from the perspective of Ali, the young and rich Muslim Prince. But the most likely author is a Jewish exile in Europe Lev Nisselbaum who has converted into Islam during his time in Germany and was known there as Essad-Bey. And lastly, the book was first published in 1937 in Germany - very unusual place and time for such a novel.
I would recommend to read this book if you are interested in the atmosphere and the history of the place. The book is brilliant in describing the Caucasian region at the beginning of the last century. I could not stop but feeling that the destiny of Caucasus falling under the Soviet rule was not inevitable at all. Instead it was the one of the cruel cards served to the region in geopolitical games between the big powers. Obviously a bit idealised, but Baku is described as a cosmopolitan vibrant rich city where Muslims, Christians and foreigners live together in a relative piece. It was the fringe of the Russian Empire before the revolution. However, strong case for the independence of the region really existed when the Empire has started to crumble. Apart from Azerbaijan the main characters take us to Iran, Georgia and Dagestan. The sense of place is always vivid: Georgian hospitality, Persian sleepiness at the time, the simple life with the elements in a mountain village in Dagestan. One can learn a lot of history in this slim novel. There is also a powerful insight into a Muslim鈥檚 male mind. The main character is in love with the Georgian girl who is obviously Christian, cosmopolitan and does not want to compromise her identity beyond a certain measure. She, for example refuses, to cover her face. He, on the other hand, is trying to understand better where are the limits of his faith.
This is very ancient enigmatic region. Armenia and Georgia existed well before any concept of Europe. There predated the Byzantine Empire as well and were the ones of the first places in the world adopting Christianity. Azerbaijan was the part of Persia, I believe. That is why they are Shiite Muslims. The book and the stories within it have resonated with me on personal level. It reminded me the well forgotten trip of my youth. The one of my first ever trips in fact. When I was 16, the group from my school, has travelled on the train from Kiev to Baku. The train journey took 70 hours one way. When we arrived in Baku I felt that the ground literally moved under my feet for a day after that train鈥檚 vibration. But before we arrived, we experienced a lot of cultural shocks. The group contained around 6 girls. On the last day of our journey, two things happened. First, we have seen the desert and proper caravan of camels travelling behind the windows of the train. I had an impression the caravan was going quicker than we. Secondly, our group leader, the young man of around 25 was approached by the group of Azerbaijani looking men with the business offer to sell us (6 girls) for a good price. Fortunately, we did not know what the men were talking about. But they look very amiable and smiling. Again, fortunately for us, our group leader has rejected their proposition saying he needs us for other things. The simple word of our leader seemed to be more powerful than the legal aspect of the suggested proceedings. So we were left alone, at least for a time being. The city, when we arrived seemed empty, the powerful winds were blown alone the streets. So when Baku was mentioned as a city of winds in the novel, it brought back a vivid memory. We鈥檝e seen the Maiden tower - beautiful medieval construction which is as well mentioned in the book. We did not venture far enough without our sympathetic young local guide. But he took us into very weird places like an illegal leather shop. It was the time when the shelves of the proper shops were totally empty anywhere in the disintegrating Soviet Union. So he probably wanted to please us. But we did not have money anyway. We鈥檝e also visited a Chikhana - the place where men only were having tea from very small cups while biting sugar stones. What was also striking how friendly the people were towards each other. One might stop a trolleybus anywhere by just raising a hand. It was the end pf 1989 I believe. We left and in a few months Baku has become a centre of the bloody events . I could not believe the news. The last time something similar took place was the time of Ali and Nino.
Ok, back to the book. The life story of its alleged writer, Lev Nisselbaum was so dramatic that it was become the subject of the book itself . The american journalist Tom Reiss has followed the traces of Lev from Baku to Berlin and later to Italy were Lev died prematurely in 1942. Someone called "Ali and Nino鈥� Azerbaijan鈥檚 鈥淒octor Zhivago鈥�. There are certainly a lot of similarities. However, the Pasternak鈥檚 book is much stronger work of literature. 鈥淎li and Nino鈥� is a profound document to the time and place, very moving, but the storytelling is relatively straightforward and a bit of overdramatising sometimes. However, it contains a lot of interesting details about the cataclysms in the region and a moving love story. I personally was also grateful for the opportunity of re-living some moments of my 16-year old self which the book has dogged out from my memory.
I would recommend to read this book if you are interested in the atmosphere and the history of the place. The book is brilliant in describing the Caucasian region at the beginning of the last century. I could not stop but feeling that the destiny of Caucasus falling under the Soviet rule was not inevitable at all. Instead it was the one of the cruel cards served to the region in geopolitical games between the big powers. Obviously a bit idealised, but Baku is described as a cosmopolitan vibrant rich city where Muslims, Christians and foreigners live together in a relative piece. It was the fringe of the Russian Empire before the revolution. However, strong case for the independence of the region really existed when the Empire has started to crumble. Apart from Azerbaijan the main characters take us to Iran, Georgia and Dagestan. The sense of place is always vivid: Georgian hospitality, Persian sleepiness at the time, the simple life with the elements in a mountain village in Dagestan. One can learn a lot of history in this slim novel. There is also a powerful insight into a Muslim鈥檚 male mind. The main character is in love with the Georgian girl who is obviously Christian, cosmopolitan and does not want to compromise her identity beyond a certain measure. She, for example refuses, to cover her face. He, on the other hand, is trying to understand better where are the limits of his faith.
This is very ancient enigmatic region. Armenia and Georgia existed well before any concept of Europe. There predated the Byzantine Empire as well and were the ones of the first places in the world adopting Christianity. Azerbaijan was the part of Persia, I believe. That is why they are Shiite Muslims. The book and the stories within it have resonated with me on personal level. It reminded me the well forgotten trip of my youth. The one of my first ever trips in fact. When I was 16, the group from my school, has travelled on the train from Kiev to Baku. The train journey took 70 hours one way. When we arrived in Baku I felt that the ground literally moved under my feet for a day after that train鈥檚 vibration. But before we arrived, we experienced a lot of cultural shocks. The group contained around 6 girls. On the last day of our journey, two things happened. First, we have seen the desert and proper caravan of camels travelling behind the windows of the train. I had an impression the caravan was going quicker than we. Secondly, our group leader, the young man of around 25 was approached by the group of Azerbaijani looking men with the business offer to sell us (6 girls) for a good price. Fortunately, we did not know what the men were talking about. But they look very amiable and smiling. Again, fortunately for us, our group leader has rejected their proposition saying he needs us for other things. The simple word of our leader seemed to be more powerful than the legal aspect of the suggested proceedings. So we were left alone, at least for a time being. The city, when we arrived seemed empty, the powerful winds were blown alone the streets. So when Baku was mentioned as a city of winds in the novel, it brought back a vivid memory. We鈥檝e seen the Maiden tower - beautiful medieval construction which is as well mentioned in the book. We did not venture far enough without our sympathetic young local guide. But he took us into very weird places like an illegal leather shop. It was the time when the shelves of the proper shops were totally empty anywhere in the disintegrating Soviet Union. So he probably wanted to please us. But we did not have money anyway. We鈥檝e also visited a Chikhana - the place where men only were having tea from very small cups while biting sugar stones. What was also striking how friendly the people were towards each other. One might stop a trolleybus anywhere by just raising a hand. It was the end pf 1989 I believe. We left and in a few months Baku has become a centre of the bloody events . I could not believe the news. The last time something similar took place was the time of Ali and Nino.
Ok, back to the book. The life story of its alleged writer, Lev Nisselbaum was so dramatic that it was become the subject of the book itself . The american journalist Tom Reiss has followed the traces of Lev from Baku to Berlin and later to Italy were Lev died prematurely in 1942. Someone called "Ali and Nino鈥� Azerbaijan鈥檚 鈥淒octor Zhivago鈥�. There are certainly a lot of similarities. However, the Pasternak鈥檚 book is much stronger work of literature. 鈥淎li and Nino鈥� is a profound document to the time and place, very moving, but the storytelling is relatively straightforward and a bit of overdramatising sometimes. However, it contains a lot of interesting details about the cataclysms in the region and a moving love story. I personally was also grateful for the opportunity of re-living some moments of my 16-year old self which the book has dogged out from my memory.
December 30, 2007
I devoured this in one day, on a plane flight back from Maui.
This is a book about a certain place and moment in time, but the love story is timeless. The story is set in the Caucacus, on the Caspian Sea in what is now Azerbaijan, on the eve of World War I. Ali Khan, a muslim boy, loves Nino, a Georgian Christian girl. Somehow, their love survives their cultural differences, family hostilities, blood feuds, and never-ending war. By the end of the book, I knew more than I ever imagined about the early 20th century history of the Caucasus and Persia. But it's the love story that kept me turning the pages. A beautiful little book, I highly recommend it.
This is a book about a certain place and moment in time, but the love story is timeless. The story is set in the Caucacus, on the Caspian Sea in what is now Azerbaijan, on the eve of World War I. Ali Khan, a muslim boy, loves Nino, a Georgian Christian girl. Somehow, their love survives their cultural differences, family hostilities, blood feuds, and never-ending war. By the end of the book, I knew more than I ever imagined about the early 20th century history of the Caucasus and Persia. But it's the love story that kept me turning the pages. A beautiful little book, I highly recommend it.
January 24, 2023
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Al铆 centra m谩s la historia pues tiene que lidiar con sus creencias, su familia y lo que siente por Nino.
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Mediante la evoluci贸n y el crecimiento tanto f铆sico como personal de los dos protagonistas nos encuadran el pa铆s, pues es un sitio estrat茅gico, pues colinda con Ir谩n, Rusia, Georgia y Armenia.
Al铆 centra m谩s la historia pues tiene que lidiar con sus creencias, su familia y lo que siente por Nino.
El principio de la historia y la presentaci贸n de los personajes me gust贸 mucho, luego durante el desarrollo decay贸 bastante a mi modo de ver y acaba sobre 1930, creo que hubiese sido m谩s interesante tiempo despu茅s pues acaba en el punto 谩lgido de agitaci贸n pol铆tica. Me hubiese gustado conocer m谩s desde el punto de vista pol铆tico sobre el que es considerado el pa铆s musulm谩n m谩s abierto del mundo.
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October 21, 2016
Uzun m眉dd蓹tdir ki, t眉rkc蓹 v蓹 xarici 蓹d蓹biyyat oxuyandan sonra 枚z dilind蓹, 枚z 蓹d蓹biyyat谋nda 枚z tarixind蓹n, 枚z m蓹d蓹niyy蓹tind蓹n b蓹hs ed蓹n 蓹s蓹r oxuma臒谋n verdiyi h蓹zz
August 2, 2023
#ReadAroundTheWorld. #Azerbaijan
Set between 1914 and 1920 in Baku (Azerbaijan), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Tehran, this is an historical fiction and romance. Written by the mysterious Kurban Said in 1937, initially thought to be an Austrian Duchess but later thought to be the Jewish writer Lev Nussimbaum who converted to Islam and wrote under the pseudonyms Essad Bey and Kurban Said or alternatively Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, an Azerbaijani statesman and writer who died in the Gulags under Soviet Russia accused of producing 鈥渃ounter-revolutionary鈥� works. It was first translated into English in 1970. This book chronicles the turbulent love story between Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Shi鈥檌te Muslim of Iranian descent, and the beautiful Nino Kipiani, a Georgian Christian.
The book teases out the vast differences between the two, the cultural divide between East and West and the religious divide between their faiths. This was a fascinating read, giving an insight into the country of Azerbaijan, straddling Asia and Europe, and bordered by Russia, Iran, Turkey and Armenia. Some of the attitudes and actions towards women are hard to read, particularly those coming from Ali鈥檚 family. Ali is given the advice, 鈥淎 man must marry, preferably the woman he likes. She need not like him in return. A wise man does not court a woman. The woman is just the acre, on which the man sows. Must the field love the farmer? Enough that the farmer loves the field. Marry, but never forget: the woman is just an acre.鈥� 鈥楽o you believe that a woman has neither soul nor intelligence?鈥� He looked at me pityingly: 鈥楬ow can you ask, Ali Khan? Of course she hasn鈥檛. Why should a woman have either? It is enough for her to be chaste and have many children.鈥�
He himself seems less wedded to the idea of inferiority, and the feisty Nino challenges his views and traditions, however there is still the subconscious bias towards the wife as property that comes through. She says of her time in the harem in Persia, 鈥淵ou like it here, but I am dishonoured every day.鈥� 鈥淲hat do you mean, dishonoured?鈥� 鈥淓verybody treats me like a very expensive and fragile thing. I don鈥檛 know how expensive I am, but I am neither fragile nor a thing.鈥� I felt the writer has a somewhat ironic and satirical tone at times, and certainly highlights the plight of women. This book was well worth reading for those interested in other places, eras and cultures. 4.5 stars.
Set between 1914 and 1920 in Baku (Azerbaijan), Tbilisi (Georgia) and Tehran, this is an historical fiction and romance. Written by the mysterious Kurban Said in 1937, initially thought to be an Austrian Duchess but later thought to be the Jewish writer Lev Nussimbaum who converted to Islam and wrote under the pseudonyms Essad Bey and Kurban Said or alternatively Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, an Azerbaijani statesman and writer who died in the Gulags under Soviet Russia accused of producing 鈥渃ounter-revolutionary鈥� works. It was first translated into English in 1970. This book chronicles the turbulent love story between Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Shi鈥檌te Muslim of Iranian descent, and the beautiful Nino Kipiani, a Georgian Christian.
The book teases out the vast differences between the two, the cultural divide between East and West and the religious divide between their faiths. This was a fascinating read, giving an insight into the country of Azerbaijan, straddling Asia and Europe, and bordered by Russia, Iran, Turkey and Armenia. Some of the attitudes and actions towards women are hard to read, particularly those coming from Ali鈥檚 family. Ali is given the advice, 鈥淎 man must marry, preferably the woman he likes. She need not like him in return. A wise man does not court a woman. The woman is just the acre, on which the man sows. Must the field love the farmer? Enough that the farmer loves the field. Marry, but never forget: the woman is just an acre.鈥� 鈥楽o you believe that a woman has neither soul nor intelligence?鈥� He looked at me pityingly: 鈥楬ow can you ask, Ali Khan? Of course she hasn鈥檛. Why should a woman have either? It is enough for her to be chaste and have many children.鈥�
He himself seems less wedded to the idea of inferiority, and the feisty Nino challenges his views and traditions, however there is still the subconscious bias towards the wife as property that comes through. She says of her time in the harem in Persia, 鈥淵ou like it here, but I am dishonoured every day.鈥� 鈥淲hat do you mean, dishonoured?鈥� 鈥淓verybody treats me like a very expensive and fragile thing. I don鈥檛 know how expensive I am, but I am neither fragile nor a thing.鈥� I felt the writer has a somewhat ironic and satirical tone at times, and certainly highlights the plight of women. This book was well worth reading for those interested in other places, eras and cultures. 4.5 stars.
August 22, 2022
'Dadash Beg has stabbed Achung Sade to death last week, because Achung Sade came back to town although he knew the danger, having kidnapped Dadash Beg's wife eight years ago. He was stabbed on the day he came. Now the police are looking for Dadash Beg. But they won't find him, although everybody knows that he is in the village of Mardakjany. Wise men say Dadash Beg has done well.'
I have never heard of this book before and didn't know that they turned it into a movie two years ago. My book club is reading this while we are "visiting" Azerbaijan. I have just read Vasily Grossman's and last year Leila Aboulela's , which is set for the most part in the Caucasus region. Thanks to these books, I had some basic knowledge about the diversity of the region and a tiny little bit of historical background. If I hadn't, I would have been lost!
As mentioned in the title, Ali and Nino is a love story. Ali is a Shiite Muslim Azerbaijani, who loves the desert and the sand. Nino is from an aristocratic Greek Orthodox family from Georgia. They live in Baku, which is today known as Azerbaijan's capital city. The city is also inhabited by Christian Armenians, Persians, Turks, Indians, Russians and whatnot. The story is set around the 1st World War and the state of the nation isn't exactly determined yet. On the one hand, there's the perpetual threat of the big neighbor, Russia. On the other hand, there's Turkey, who are Sunni Muslim (not exactly the same with Shia Islam, which is mainly found in Iran) and killing Armenians. How can Ali and Nino's inter-religious relationship survive in such a chaotic political climate, in the midst of Europe's and Asia's boundary?
First of all, I was very surprised to find how light and funny the tone of the narration was. Sometimes it felt like a contemporary novel and not something that was published in 1937 by a mysterious writer, whose identity is still in dispute. There are really a lot of parts, where I laughed and thought that the humor was very original and heart-warming. I learned a lot more about the Caucasus region, the oil that has already been extracted in Baku region around the time of the setting of the novel, the different people inhabiting the area and how they got along. I was also quite shocked how open Ali and Nino's love relationship was, which wasn't really barred by social conventions and beliefs. They are constantly torn between Europe and Asia, between Islam and Christianity, between the outside world and Baku.
If a reader is interested in learning more about this region, I recommend this book, because it's readable and informative with an interesting plot.
How marvelous, that we're in Asia, in wild, reactionary Asia! We have no smooth roads for Western cars here, just rough paths for Karabagh horses. how quickly can a car go on these roads, and how swiftly races a horse from Karabagh? The melons on the roadside look at me as if they had faces. 'Very bad road,' the melons are saying, 'not for English cars. Only for riders on Karabagh horses.'
I have never heard of this book before and didn't know that they turned it into a movie two years ago. My book club is reading this while we are "visiting" Azerbaijan. I have just read Vasily Grossman's and last year Leila Aboulela's , which is set for the most part in the Caucasus region. Thanks to these books, I had some basic knowledge about the diversity of the region and a tiny little bit of historical background. If I hadn't, I would have been lost!
As mentioned in the title, Ali and Nino is a love story. Ali is a Shiite Muslim Azerbaijani, who loves the desert and the sand. Nino is from an aristocratic Greek Orthodox family from Georgia. They live in Baku, which is today known as Azerbaijan's capital city. The city is also inhabited by Christian Armenians, Persians, Turks, Indians, Russians and whatnot. The story is set around the 1st World War and the state of the nation isn't exactly determined yet. On the one hand, there's the perpetual threat of the big neighbor, Russia. On the other hand, there's Turkey, who are Sunni Muslim (not exactly the same with Shia Islam, which is mainly found in Iran) and killing Armenians. How can Ali and Nino's inter-religious relationship survive in such a chaotic political climate, in the midst of Europe's and Asia's boundary?
First of all, I was very surprised to find how light and funny the tone of the narration was. Sometimes it felt like a contemporary novel and not something that was published in 1937 by a mysterious writer, whose identity is still in dispute. There are really a lot of parts, where I laughed and thought that the humor was very original and heart-warming. I learned a lot more about the Caucasus region, the oil that has already been extracted in Baku region around the time of the setting of the novel, the different people inhabiting the area and how they got along. I was also quite shocked how open Ali and Nino's love relationship was, which wasn't really barred by social conventions and beliefs. They are constantly torn between Europe and Asia, between Islam and Christianity, between the outside world and Baku.
If a reader is interested in learning more about this region, I recommend this book, because it's readable and informative with an interesting plot.
How marvelous, that we're in Asia, in wild, reactionary Asia! We have no smooth roads for Western cars here, just rough paths for Karabagh horses. how quickly can a car go on these roads, and how swiftly races a horse from Karabagh? The melons on the roadside look at me as if they had faces. 'Very bad road,' the melons are saying, 'not for English cars. Only for riders on Karabagh horses.'
August 14, 2020
When I picked Ali and Nino for my Books-of-Asia read from Azerbaijan, I was skeptical, owing to the fact that this is a love story, and I generally run away from romances. By the time I finished however, I was captivated. Ali and Nino is more than a love story. It is passion, religion, war, history, culture, honor, beliefs, friendship, and so much more.
Set in a small town in Baku, Azerbaijan at the onset of the First World War, it is a narrative through the eyes of Ali Khan Shirvanshir, growing up as a Mohammedan in a country home to various ethnicities, lying at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Nino Kipiani is a Georgian Christian who goes to the girls鈥� school in the same town, and they like each other. Their families and friends know it and accept it, despite the differences in culture and sensibilities.
In their quest to be together, they overcome a kidnap, a blood feud and a scandal, fleeing from Baku, through beautiful desert roads and remote villages in the mountains, to the neighboring Persia. Nino hates it there, as she is forced to abide by Persian customs she despises.
Eventually, the lovers (now married) move back to their homeland, but are forced to flee again when war comes to Baku. Ali now has to choose between his loyalties to his Asian family鈥檚 upbringing and his unwavering love and devotion to Nino.
By the time this novel finishes, you experience a time in history so fascinating, you can鈥檛 help feel sad it鈥檚 over. You know about harems, Muslim households, local beliefs, norms, wedding rituals, the place of women, Greek customs, camels and horses, deserts and trees, towns and bazaars; and it weaves a tapestry so rich in your mind, you wish you were exported to that era, even for a day.
Ali鈥檚 refusal to treat Nino as 鈥渁n acre on which the man sows鈥�, loving her just for who she is; Nino鈥檚 acceptance of Ali even when their customs are as different as chalk and cheese, and their ever-evolving relationship as they try to balance Eastern and Western beliefs in a marriage, are what makes these characters so endearing. I wasn鈥檛 aware how much I was rooting for them until the tragic, but powerful ending.
Ali and Nino is a beautiful, beautiful lesson in history, culture, love and war. A book the world deserves to know better.
Set in a small town in Baku, Azerbaijan at the onset of the First World War, it is a narrative through the eyes of Ali Khan Shirvanshir, growing up as a Mohammedan in a country home to various ethnicities, lying at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Nino Kipiani is a Georgian Christian who goes to the girls鈥� school in the same town, and they like each other. Their families and friends know it and accept it, despite the differences in culture and sensibilities.
In their quest to be together, they overcome a kidnap, a blood feud and a scandal, fleeing from Baku, through beautiful desert roads and remote villages in the mountains, to the neighboring Persia. Nino hates it there, as she is forced to abide by Persian customs she despises.
Eventually, the lovers (now married) move back to their homeland, but are forced to flee again when war comes to Baku. Ali now has to choose between his loyalties to his Asian family鈥檚 upbringing and his unwavering love and devotion to Nino.
By the time this novel finishes, you experience a time in history so fascinating, you can鈥檛 help feel sad it鈥檚 over. You know about harems, Muslim households, local beliefs, norms, wedding rituals, the place of women, Greek customs, camels and horses, deserts and trees, towns and bazaars; and it weaves a tapestry so rich in your mind, you wish you were exported to that era, even for a day.
Ali鈥檚 refusal to treat Nino as 鈥渁n acre on which the man sows鈥�, loving her just for who she is; Nino鈥檚 acceptance of Ali even when their customs are as different as chalk and cheese, and their ever-evolving relationship as they try to balance Eastern and Western beliefs in a marriage, are what makes these characters so endearing. I wasn鈥檛 aware how much I was rooting for them until the tragic, but powerful ending.
Ali and Nino is a beautiful, beautiful lesson in history, culture, love and war. A book the world deserves to know better.
November 17, 2019
Two years ago I was going to buy The Orientalist for my friend Tim, the owner of the now defunct Booklore said, oh, we also have a copy of Ali andNino in presently. i looked at him rather blankly. He then elaborated on the significance of such corresponding with the book I presently held, ready to purchase.
I see.
This occurred rather slowly, mind you. I bought such and read it that weekend. Oh, I didn't give the biography to Tim either.
I see.
This occurred rather slowly, mind you. I bought such and read it that weekend. Oh, I didn't give the biography to Tim either.
May 4, 2022
This romantic novel is set in Azerbaijan during the ebbing period of imperialism's "Great Game" & along the fault-lines of history, involving a Georgian Christian girl, Nino Kipiani & a charming Moslem boy from Baku, Ali Khan Shirvanshir & their steadfast bond harkens back to "Romeo & Juliet" and other cross-cultural stories.
But more than just that, the book represents a literary excavation, a rediscovered work, long out of print, portraying a time & place on the verge of great upheaval, about to be redefined by world events forced upon it, just before WWI & then the incorporation of Azerbaijan into the Soviet sphere.
Added to the complexity of the story is the novel's authorship, listing Kurban Said, a pen name for Lev Nussimbaum, who also used the name Essad Bey, a somewhat shadowy author who was born a Jew in Kiev in pre-Soviet Ukraine but who converted to Islam & was aided on the road to publication by Baroness Elfriede Ehrenfels. Or, perhaps it was actually written by someone named Yusif Vazir Chamanzamlini.
Somehow, the mysterious authorship seems to make the novel even more interesting, as having been published in Vienna just prior to the "Anschluss" or annexation of Austria & the outbreak of WWII, it has only fairly recently been translated from German into more than a score of other languages.
Ali Shirvanshir is gifted at languages & accents and becomes quickly entranced by Nino Kipiani, a playful, proud Georgian Christian, though Ali is unable to "fathom Nino's soul." Here is just one memorable comment from Nino:
There are scenes that seem almost reminiscent of Scheherazade, including a wise man & devout Moslem, Seyd Mustafa, who against his better judgment marries Ali & Nino & gives them needed counsel. Seemingly alone in a sea of contrary forces & impending war, Nino declares that she can deal with anything, "except mice, crocodiles, exams & eunuchs." The pair faces a life in exile, including time at a small village in Dagestan in the Caucasus.
Indeed, Ali & Nino is a novel I first learned of when reading a book by Paul Theroux, who later wrote a preface for a reissue of the book. It is rich in memorable characters and interesting backdrops, has a bit of everything, including many examples of opposing images, among them minarets rising into the sky & almost seeming to joust with nearby oil derricks in Baku.
There is also evidence of the old Zoroastrian culture and even a lone Baha'i, all attempting to sort through the forces of change that envelop them. "Ali & Nino" is a remarkable tale, one I enjoyed on many levels!
Among the images within my review are: the most likely author, Lev Nussimbaum/Kurban Said; Baroness Elfriede Ehrenfels; the sculpted images of Ali & Nino in Batumi, Georgia & what I take to be the author & his companion in pre-WWII Vienna.
But more than just that, the book represents a literary excavation, a rediscovered work, long out of print, portraying a time & place on the verge of great upheaval, about to be redefined by world events forced upon it, just before WWI & then the incorporation of Azerbaijan into the Soviet sphere.
Added to the complexity of the story is the novel's authorship, listing Kurban Said, a pen name for Lev Nussimbaum, who also used the name Essad Bey, a somewhat shadowy author who was born a Jew in Kiev in pre-Soviet Ukraine but who converted to Islam & was aided on the road to publication by Baroness Elfriede Ehrenfels. Or, perhaps it was actually written by someone named Yusif Vazir Chamanzamlini.
Somehow, the mysterious authorship seems to make the novel even more interesting, as having been published in Vienna just prior to the "Anschluss" or annexation of Austria & the outbreak of WWII, it has only fairly recently been translated from German into more than a score of other languages.
Ali Shirvanshir is gifted at languages & accents and becomes quickly entranced by Nino Kipiani, a playful, proud Georgian Christian, though Ali is unable to "fathom Nino's soul." Here is just one memorable comment from Nino:
Maybe I will marry you Ali but quite apart from woods (the west) & deserts (the east), my mother & father will die of sorrow if I marry a Mohammedan, while the Czar will send us to Siberia & we will sit in the middle of the Arctic Sea on an iceberg & big white bears will eat us.But soon, the loving couple is off to Tbilisi, Georgia & Nino's turf, where Ali feels "like being held between 2 claws of a hot pair of tongs." Meanwhile, Nino declares that she loves Ali but is unable to comprehend his world.
There are scenes that seem almost reminiscent of Scheherazade, including a wise man & devout Moslem, Seyd Mustafa, who against his better judgment marries Ali & Nino & gives them needed counsel. Seemingly alone in a sea of contrary forces & impending war, Nino declares that she can deal with anything, "except mice, crocodiles, exams & eunuchs." The pair faces a life in exile, including time at a small village in Dagestan in the Caucasus.
Indeed, Ali & Nino is a novel I first learned of when reading a book by Paul Theroux, who later wrote a preface for a reissue of the book. It is rich in memorable characters and interesting backdrops, has a bit of everything, including many examples of opposing images, among them minarets rising into the sky & almost seeming to joust with nearby oil derricks in Baku.
There is also evidence of the old Zoroastrian culture and even a lone Baha'i, all attempting to sort through the forces of change that envelop them. "Ali & Nino" is a remarkable tale, one I enjoyed on many levels!
Among the images within my review are: the most likely author, Lev Nussimbaum/Kurban Said; Baroness Elfriede Ehrenfels; the sculpted images of Ali & Nino in Batumi, Georgia & what I take to be the author & his companion in pre-WWII Vienna.
May 21, 2019
Maybe it's not the greatest writing but it is covers the land of Azerbaijan in the years leading up to WWI and it's short lived independence before being absorbed into the USSR.
There is a love story but the highlight is the comparison of the lands sitting between Asia and Europe. The differences in religions, geography, beliefs and cultures of the people of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Russia are all covered with clarity and acceptance of the various differences. Hard to believe it is a novel written in the early 1930s.
Wedding protocols, blood feuds, religious festivals and ancient beliefs all are included to add further spice to an already tasty story.
There is a love story but the highlight is the comparison of the lands sitting between Asia and Europe. The differences in religions, geography, beliefs and cultures of the people of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Russia are all covered with clarity and acceptance of the various differences. Hard to believe it is a novel written in the early 1930s.
Wedding protocols, blood feuds, religious festivals and ancient beliefs all are included to add further spice to an already tasty story.
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