Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Jamilia
Chingiz Aitmatov
€ 10.99
€ 10.74
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Jamilia
Paperback. A modern classic of Soviet literature, a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love. Translator(s): Riordan, James. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 88.
Jamilia's husband is off fighting at the front. She spends her days hauling sacks of grain from the threshing floor to the train station in their small village in the Caucasus, accompanied by Seit, her young brother-in-law, and Daniyar, a sullen newcomer to the village who has been wounded on the battlefield. Seit observes the beautiful, spirited Jamilia spurn men's advances, and wince at the dispassionate letters she receives from her husband. Meanwhile, undeterred by Jamilia's teasing, Daniyar sings as they return each evening from the fields. Soon Jamilia is in love, and she and Daniyar elope just as her ... Read more
Jamilia's husband is off fighting at the front. She spends her days hauling sacks of grain from the threshing floor to the train station in their small village in the Caucasus, accompanied by Seit, her young brother-in-law, and Daniyar, a sullen newcomer to the village who has been wounded on the battlefield. Seit observes the beautiful, spirited Jamilia spurn men's advances, and wince at the dispassionate letters she receives from her husband. Meanwhile, undeterred by Jamilia's teasing, Daniyar sings as they return each evening from the fields. Soon Jamilia is in love, and she and Daniyar elope just as her ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Telegram Books
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
85g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846590320
SKU
V9781846590320
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-7
About Chingiz Aitmatov
Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928 - 2008) is Kyrgyzstan's best known literary figure. His fiction, prose and plays, written in both his native Kyrgyz and in Russian, have appeared in over one hundred languages. Aitmatov was the recipient of numerous awards, including the Lenin Prize. James Riordan (1936 - 2012) was an English novelist, broadcaster, association football player and Russian scholar. Riordan's ... Read more
Reviews for Jamilia
'The most beautiful love story in the world'
Louis Aragon 'An extremely brave, tremblingly vivid and skilful writer - a song that flew against the ideology of the time, showing that life is always bigger and more complicated than any superimposed schemes.'
Hamid Ismailov, author of The Railway 'The novella most vibrantly comes to life is in its ... Read more
Louis Aragon 'An extremely brave, tremblingly vivid and skilful writer - a song that flew against the ideology of the time, showing that life is always bigger and more complicated than any superimposed schemes.'
Hamid Ismailov, author of The Railway 'The novella most vibrantly comes to life is in its ... Read more