Caucasus

Descrizione
Ideas for the July-Sept 2018 theme read of the Reading Globally group. This list includes literature from and about: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Russian republics Dagestan and Chechnya, and the de facto states Abkhazia and South Ossetia
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L'ottava vita (per Brilka)
di Nino Haratischwili
759 utenti
35 recensioni
½ 4.3
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Family saga set in Georgia. By a Georgian novelist and dramatist who emigrated to Germany and writes in German.
2
Pelle di Leopardo
di Shota Rustaveli
257 utenti
5 recensioni
3.9
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Epic poem from medieval Georgia.
3
The Mountain and the Wall
di Alisa Ganieva
75 utenti
6 recensioni
½ 3.5
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Dagestan
4
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
di Anthony Marra
2,363 utenti
183 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Novel about Chechnya by a US author.
5
Chadži-Murat
di Leo Tolstoy
1,105 utenti
29 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: One of a number of stories about the Caucasus by Tolstoy, who served with the Russian imperial army during its conquests of the region.
6
Alì e Nina
di Kurban Said
954 utenti
48 recensioni
3.8
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Azerbaijan. The novel is known in part for a controversy regarding the author behind the pseudonym "Kurbain Said", who was probably Lev Nussimbaum (Essad Bey), and possible plagiarism of some of the passages.
7
I quaranta giorni del Mussa Dagh: romanzo
di Franz Werfel
681 utenti
14 recensioni
½ 4.3
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Story of the Armenian genocide by a German historical novelist.
8
Il bambino dal cuore di lupo: storie dall'inferno della Cecenia in guerra
di Åsne Seierstad
308 utenti
16 recensioni
3.9
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Norwegian journalist's account of the war in Chechnya
9
La masseria delle allodole
di Antonia Arslan
251 utenti
7 recensioni
3.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Armenian genocide. The author is Italian and was inspired to write the book by her own Armenian heritage.
10
One Soldier's War
di Arkady Babchenko
249 utenti
11 recensioni
4.1
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Russian soldier's account of the Chechen War.
11
An Armenian Sketchbook
di Vasily Grossman
248 utenti
6 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer visits Armenia
12
Three Apples Fell from the Sky
di Narine Abgaryan
136 utenti
14 recensioni
4
Member
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13
Viaggio in Armenia (Journey to Armenia)
di Osip Mandelstam
132 utenti
6 recensioni
3.8
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Russian poet visits Armenia
14
The Story of the Last Thought
di Edgar Hilsenrath
103 utenti
4 recensioni
4.2
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Historical novel about the Armenian genocide, written by a German Holocaust survivor.
15
Stories I Stole
di Wendell Steavenson
99 utenti
5 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
16
Nart Sagas from the Caucasus
di John Colarusso
89 utenti
1 recensione
4.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Myths/oral narratives
17
Sandro of Chegem
di Fazil Iskander
85 utenti
1 recensione
4.2
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Abkhazia
18
A captive of the Caucasus: journeys in Armenia and Georgia
di Andrei Bitov
42 utenti
2 recensioni
3
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer visits Georgia and Armenia
19
Die juristische Unschärfe einer Ehe
di Olga Grjasnowa
41 utenti
2 recensioni
3
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Russian-Jewish writer from Azerbaijan who emigrated to Germany as a child. The second half of this novel takes place in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region.
20
Retreat Without Song
di Shahan Shahnur
41 utenti
3
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Armenian writer from Constantinople. Moved to France in 1923 and later began writing in French instead of Armenian.
21
La costellazione del caprotoro
di Fazil Iskander
40 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Set in Abkhazia
22
The Literature Express (Georgian Literature)
di Lasha Bugadze
38 utenti
2 recensioni
3.2
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia
23
Kvachi (Georgian Literature)
di Mikheil Javakhishvili
34 utenti
3.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia
24
I am a Chechen!
di German Sadulaev
33 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
25
A Man Was Going Down the Road
di Otar Chiladze
27 utenti
1 recensione
2.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia
26
Contemporary Georgian Fiction
di Elizabeth Heighway
26 utenti
1 recensione
3
Member
spiphany
27
Journey to Karabakh (Georgian Literature)
di Aka Morchiladze
21 utenti
2 recensioni
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia
28
Requiem for the Living (New Russian Writing)
di Alan Cherchesov
18 utenti
½ 4.5
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Ossetia
29
Hier sind Löwen: Roman
di Katerina Poladjan
18 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: An old bible takes a book restorer to Armenia. Author is a German writer with Armenian heritage.
30
Dagny or a Love Feast
di Zurab Karumidze
16 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia
31
Data Tutashkhia
di Chabua Amiredzhibi
15 utenti
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
32
Timeless: A Love Story from the Caucasus Mountains
di Nicholas Tchkotoua
13 utenti
3.9
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia. Author fled the USSR in 1921 and settled in the US and later Switzerland; novel was written in English.
33
Der Perser: Roman
di Alexander Ilitschewski
12 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Azerbaijan/Russia
34
Il prigioniero del Caucaso : poemetto russo
di Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
12 utenti
3
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spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Narrative poem inspired by the Russian poet's time in exile in "the south".
35
The Book of Sadness
di Grigor Narekatsi
11 utenti
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: An Armenian classic
36
Farben der Nacht Roman
di Davit Gabunia
10 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
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37
Salam, Dalgat !
di Alisa Ganieva
8 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Daghestan
38
Adibas
di Zaza Burchuladze
8 utenti
2.8
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Georgia
39
Das weisse Kamel
di Elcin
7 utenti
4
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Azerbaijan
40
Vano and Niko: A Novel (Georgian Literature Series)
di Erlom Akhvlediani
7 utenti
1 recensione
4
Member
spiphany
41
The Brueghel Moon
di Tamaz Chiladze
7 utenti
1 recensione
3.8
Member
spiphany
42
Land of the Vine: Stories by Georgian Writers
di Revaz Inanishvilli
6 utenti
Member
spiphany
43
Remnants: The Way of the Womb
di Hagop Oshagan
3 utenti
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Armenia; escaped the genocide and lived in various locations in Europe and the Middle East
44
The honorable beggars : a comedy in two acts
di Hagop Baronian
3 utenti
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Ottoman Armenian writer and satirist of the 19th century
45
Penelope, die Listenreiche : Roman
di Goar Markosjan-Kasper
3 utenti
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Armenian writer who wrote in Russian. Later moved to Estonia.
46
Brunnen der Vergangenheit: Roman (Unionsverlag Taschenbücher)
di Victor Gardon
2 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
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47
There was never a better brother : stories
di M. Ibragimbekov
1 utente
Member
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Spiegazioni
spiphany: Azerbaijani writer and politician
48
I cosacchi
di Leo Tolstoy
929 utenti
16 recensioni
½ 3.7
49
The Gray House
di Mariám Petrosyán
503 utenti
13 recensioni
3.8
50
Cecenia: il disonore russo
di Anna Politkovskaya
421 utenti
4 recensioni
4.1
51
The Gendarme
di Mark T. Mustian
385 utenti
33 recensioni
4
52
The Crossing Place: A Journey Among the Armenians
di Philip Marsden
136 utenti
8 recensioni
4
53
Passage to Ararat
di Michael J. Arlen
126 utenti
5 recensioni
½ 3.7
54
Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus
di Oliver Bullough
125 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 4.3
55
Three Apples Fell From Heaven
di Micheline Aharonian Marcom
123 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.6
56
Il libro dei sussurri
di Varujan Vosganian
91 utenti
3.8
57
Days in the Caucasus
di Banine
78 utenti
7 recensioni
3.8
58
The Pear Field
di Nana Ekvtimishvili
73 utenti
5 recensioni
3.8
59
A Prisoner in the Caucasus
di Leo Tolstoy
70 utenti
½ 3.6
60
Tutto per l'onore
di Alexandra Lapierre
63 utenti
½ 3.3
61
The inseparable twins
di Anatoli Pristavkin
53 utenti
4
62
Sin
di Zakhar Prilepin
42 utenti
1 recensione
4
63
Asan
di Vladimir Makanin
37 utenti
3
64
A Summer Without Dawn
di Agop J. Hacikyan
28 utenti
4
65
Rapture: A Novel (Russian Library)
di Iliazd
28 utenti
2.8
66
To Catch a Tartar: Notes from the Caucasus
di Chris Bird
27 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.6
68
Leylā and Mejnūn
di Fuzuli
17 utenti
1 recensione
5
69
Twelve Secrets in the Caucasus
di Essad Bey
17 utenti
5
70
Ai miei figli: memorie di giorni passati
di Pavel Aleksandrovic Florenskij
17 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.3
71
Weg uit de USSR
di Dato Turashvili
15 utenti
1 recensione
½ 3.7
72
The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules
di Fazil Iskander
14 utenti
1 recensione
73
Solar Plexus: A Baku Saga in Four Parts
di Rustam Ibragimbekov
11 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.4
74
Me, Margarita: Stories (Georgian Literature)
di Ana Kordzaia
9 utenti
75
Abzählen
di Tamta Melaschwili
9 utenti
77
Denk an Famagusta
di Alexander Goldstein
8 utenti
78
Gardens of Silihdar: A Memoir
di Zabel Yessayan
8 utenti
79
Die Geschichte von einem Vogel und einem Mann: Erzählung
di Archil Kikodze
7 utenti
4
81
The Candidate: A Novel (Middle East Literature In Translation)
di Zareh Vorpouni
7 utenti
82
Georgian Poetry: Rustaveli to Galaktion
di Lyn Coffin
6 utenti
4
83
Visions of Ararat: Writings on Armenia
di Christopher J. Walker
6 utenti
3
85
The Last of the Departed
di Bagrat Shinkuba
5 utenti
86
Techno der Jaguare: Neue Erzählerinnen aus Georgien
di Manana Tandaschwili
5 utenti
87
Kamenné sny
di Akram Aylisli
4 utenti
5
88
Chants paiens et autres poemes
di Daniel Varoujan
4 utenti
5
89
Löwenzahnwirbelsturm in Orange
di Tamar Tandashvili
4 utenti
4
90
Die karminrote Schildlaus : Roman
di Ruben Howsepjan
4 utenti
91
Lasharela
di Grigol Abashidze
4 utenti
92
Wenn es nur Licht gäbe, bevor es dunkel wird (German Edition)
di Iunona Guruli
4 utenti
93
The traveller & his road
di Gostan Zarian
4 utenti
94
Azerbaijanian poetry: classic, modern, traditional
di Mirză Ibraḣimov
4 utenti
96
The Hand of the Great Master
di Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
3 utenti
½ 3.5
97
Georgische Erzähler der neueren Zeit
di Ruth Neukomm
3 utenti
99
Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater
di Vazha Pshavela
3 utenti
100
Letter to Yerevan
di Andranik Tzarukian
3 utenti