Ali and Nino: A Love Story - Brossura

Said, Kurban

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0385720408 ISBN 13: 9780385720403

Casa editrice: Anchor Books, 2000

Riassunto

A rediscovered epic tale of love, revolution, and war follows two lovers from the city of Baku on the Caspian Sea as the chaos of World War I and the Russian Revolution sweep them up and separate them. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"Poignant and beautiful...alive with a vividly unique vision of colliding cultures and enduring love."--Newsweek

"One feels as if one had dug up buried treasure--. An epic of cultural change that seems more immediate than this morning's headlines."--The New York Times

"The brilliant sunset light [Ali and Nino] sheds on a millennial civilization is like living history; the alien yet immensely human characters draw one into their world with vivid conviction. The rescue of this novel is certainly an important literary event."--Mary Renault

"An emotional magic carpet...Rich, exciting, and brightly amusing as well as sorrowful along the way, page after iridescent page."-The Plain Dealer

"A beautiful novel." -Paul Theroux

"A wonderful book. Ali and Nino is the best love story I have ever read, and one of the best adventures." -Michael Feld, The Globe & Mail

"Heartbreaking...[A] shimmering classic." -Entertainment Weekly

L'autore:

Kurban Said was the pseudonym of Lev Nussimbaum, who grew up in Baku and died in Italy in 1942.

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• Editore: Anchor Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0385720408
• ISBN 13: 9780385720403
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 282