Central Asia

Descrizione
Ideas for the July-Sept 2018 theme read of the Reading Globally group. This list includes literature from and about: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
1
Jamilia
di Chingiz Aĭtmatov
668 utenti
33 recensioni
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Most famous work by one of the best-known Kyrgyz authors.
2
The Railway
di Hamid Ismailov
110 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Uzbek writer who fled to the UK in the 1990s. His writing is banned in Uzbekistan.
3
The day lasts more than a hundred years
di Chingiz Aitmatov
535 utenti
13 recensioni
4.2
Member
Dilara86
4
Sovietistan. Un viaggio in Asia centrale
di Erika Fatland
284 utenti
12 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Norwegian journalist and anthropologist's account of her travels through the former Soviet states in Central Asia.
5
Il battello bianco
di Chinghiz Aitmatov
225 utenti
5 recensioni
4.1
Member
Dilara86
6
L' angelo del Caucaso
di Andrij Kurkow
151 utenti
7 recensioni
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Ukrainian Russian-language author. This surreal-satirical novel includes a tour through Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, and several other former Soviet Asian republics
7
Soul
di Andrey Platonov
110 utenti
3 recensioni
4.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer. This is one of a number of stories inspired by his travels to Turkmenistan.
8
The Dead Lake
di Hamid Ismailov
102 utenti
9 recensioni
3.8
Member
Dilara86
9
The Keeper of Antiquities
di Yury Dombrovsky
86 utenti
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer who was exiled to Kazakhstan, where this novel is set.
10
Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
di Mukhamet Shayakhmetov
59 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Memoirs of a Kazakh man who was conscripted into the Red Army.
11
Captain of the Steppe
di Олег Павлов
55 utenti
4 recensioni
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Inspired by Pavlov's military service as a prison guard in Kazakhstan.
12
Hurramabad
di Andrei Volos
36 utenti
1 recensione
3.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Russian writer from Tajikistan.
13
The Tale of Aypi
di Ak Welsapar
27 utenti
2 recensioni
3.1
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Turkmen writer; emigrated to Sweden in the 1990s following a publishing ban and persecution by the government.
14
The Sands of Oxus: Boyhood Reminiscences of Sadriddin Aini
di Sadriddin Aĭnī
20 utenti
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Tajik
15
Journey Beyond Samarkand
di Yasushi Inoue
13 utenti
4
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Japanese writer's account of his travels in Central Asia.
16
Der sterbende See
di Abdishamil Nurpeissow
4 utenti
5
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Kazakh.
17
The Ballad of Forgotten Years
di Ăbīsh Kekīlbaev
3 utenti
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
18
A life at noon
di Talasbek Asemkulov
3 utenti
Member
spiphany
19
Zółw taraziego
di Timur Pulatov
3 utenti
1 recensione
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Uzbek
20
The Plight of A Postmodern Hunter
di Mukhtar Shakhanov
3 utenti
Member
spiphany
Spiegazioni
spiphany: Kazakh
21
Nuit
di Tchulpan
2 utenti
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Spiegazioni
Dilara86: Uzbekistan (early 20th century Uzbek author who wrote in Uzbek)
22
Beichte der Steppe
di Tachawi Achtanow
2 utenti
Member
spiphany
23
Il Milione
di Marco Polo
5,059 utenti
57 recensioni
½ 3.6
24
Shadows of The Silk Road
di Colin Thubron
1,155 utenti
21 recensioni
3.8
25
Avanzando nell'Oriente in fiamme. Il sogno di Lenin di un impero in Asia
di Peter Hopkirk
383 utenti
8 recensioni
4.1
26
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared
di Christopher Robbins
244 utenti
15 recensioni
4
27
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
di Tom Bissell
227 utenti
3 recensioni
3.8
28
The Place of the Skull
di Chinghiz Aitmatov
202 utenti
2 recensioni
½ 3.7
29
La Facoltà di cose inutili
di Yury Dombrovsky
175 utenti
3 recensioni
½ 3.7
30
A Ride to Khiva
di Fred Burnaby
170 utenti
4 recensioni
3.9
31
Addio, Gul'sary
di Chingiz Aitmatov
130 utenti
3 recensioni
4.1
32
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road
di Christopher Alexander
97 utenti
4 recensioni
3.9
33
The Devils' Dance
di Hamid Ismailov
53 utenti
2 recensioni
4.1
34
The Cranes Fly Early
di Chinghiz Aitmatov
50 utenti
½ 4.7
35
An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan
di Lady Catherine Macartney
37 utenti
1 recensione
½ 4.3
36
Tales of the mountains and steppes
di Chinghiz Aitmatov
28 utenti
4.8
37
The White Cloud of Genghis Khan
di Cengiz Aytmatov
28 utenti
4.2
38
A Poet and Bin-Laden
di Hamid Ismailov
22 utenti
8 recensioni
½ 1.4
39
Tamerlane's Children: Dispatches from Contemporary Uzbekistan
di Robert Rand
21 utenti
4
40
On the Other Side: A Journey through Soviet Central Asia
di Geoffrey Moorhouse
18 utenti
41
Once in Kazakhstan: The Snow Leopard Emerges
di Keith Rosten
10 utenti
3
43
A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories
di Mahmuda Saydumarova
9 utenti
½ 3.5
44
Postcards from Stanland : journeys in Central Asia
di David H Mould
8 utenti
46
Abai (abridged)
di Mukhtar Auezov
7 utenti
5
47
Manas : the Kyrgyz heroic epos in four parts
di Walter May
7 utenti
48
Paper-Thin Skin (In the Grip of Strange Thoughts)
di Aigerim Tazhi
5 utenti
1 recensione
5
50
The beginning
di David Markish
4 utenti
51
The Shining Light
di Galymkair Mutanov
4 utenti
53
Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt - Expat Stories from Kazakhstan
di Monica Neboli
2 utenti
1 recensione
½ 2.5
54
When the Edelweiss Flowers Flourish
di Begenas Sartov
2 utenti
55
"Shelkovyi pyt'"
di Dukenbai Doszhanov
2 utenti
56
Die weiße Aruana. Kasachische Erzählungen
di Leonore Weist
2 utenti
57
Thirteen Steps Towards the Fate of Erika Klaus
di Kazat Akmatov
1 utente
58
Bygone Days: O'tkan Kunlar
di Abdullah Qodiriy
1 utente
59
Ein Tropfen Wasser - ein Körnchen Gold. Roman
di Berdy Kerbabajew
1 utente