Hamid Ismailov

The Railway

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Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this compelling novel introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence, the town's alcoholic intellectual; Father Ioann, a Russian priest; Kara-Musayev the Younger, the chief of police; and Umarali-Moneybags, the old moneylender. Their colorful lives offer a unique and comic picture of a little-known land populated by outgoing Mullahs, incoming Bolsheviks, and a plethora of Uzbeks, Russians, Persians, Jews, Koreans, Tatars, and Gypsies. At the heart of both the town and the novel stands the railway s… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Chandler, Robert (Übers.)

ISBN: 978-0-09-946613-0
EAN: 9780099466130
Produktnummer: 3332264
Verlag: Vintage Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.2 cm 238 g
Gewicht: 238
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Hamid Ismailov, regarded as a man of 'unacceptably democratic tendencies' in Uzbekistan, was forced to flee his homeland, and so came to London in 1992. He was recruited by the BBC World Service to set up its Central Asia Service. He has published many books both in Russia and in Uzbekistan. The Railway and A Poet and Bin-Laden are the only two to have been translated into English.