Central Asia

Description
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
Djamilia
de Chingiz Aĭtmatov
668 membres
33 critiques
3.8
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Most famous work by one of the best-known Kyrgyz authors.
2
Contes du chemin de fer
de Hamid Ismailov
110 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explications
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
de Chingiz Aitmatov
535 membres
13 critiques
4.2
Member
Dilara86
4
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
de Erika Fatland
285 membres
12 critiques
4.1
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Norwegian journalist and anthropologist's account of her travels through the former Soviet states in Central Asia.
5
The White Steamship
de Chinghiz Aitmatov
223 membres
5 critiques
4.1
Member
Dilara86
6
Le Caméléon
de Andreï Kourkov
152 membres
7 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explications
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
Djann
de Andrey Platonov
110 membres
3 critiques
4.1
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer. This is one of a number of stories inspired by his travels to Turkmenistan.
8
The Dead Lake
de Hamid Ismailov
102 membres
9 critiques
3.8
Member
Dilara86
9
Le conservateur des antiquités
de Yury Dombrovsky
86 membres
4
Member
spiphany
Explications
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
de Mukhamet Shayakhmetov
59 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Memoirs of a Kazakh man who was conscripted into the Red Army.
11
Captain of the Steppe
de Олег Павлов
55 membres
4 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Inspired by Pavlov's military service as a prison guard in Kazakhstan.
12
Hurramabad
de Andrei Volos
36 membres
1 critique
3.1
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Russian writer from Tajikistan.
13
The Tale of Aypi
de Ak Welsapar
27 membres
2 critiques
3.1
Member
spiphany
Explications
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
de Sadriddin Aĭnī
20 membres
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Tajik
15
Journey Beyond Samarkand
de Yasushi Inoue
13 membres
4
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Japanese writer's account of his travels in Central Asia.
16
Der sterbende See
de Abdishamil Nurpeissow
4 membres
5
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Kazakh.
17
The Plight of A Postmodern Hunter
de Mukhtar Shakhanov
4 membres
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Kazakh
18
The Ballad of Forgotten Years
de Ăbīsh Kekīlbaev
3 membres
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
19
A life at noon
de Talasbek Asemkulov
3 membres
Member
spiphany
20
Zółw taraziego
de Timur Pulatov
3 membres
1 critique
Member
spiphany
Explications
spiphany: Uzbek
21
Nuit
de Tchulpan
2 membres
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explications
Dilara86: Uzbekistan (early 20th century Uzbek author who wrote in Uzbek)
22
Beichte der Steppe
de Tachawi Achtanow
2 membres
Member
spiphany
23
Le livre des merveilles
de Marco Polo
5,073 membres
55 critiques
½ 3.6
24
L’ombre de la route de la soie
de Colin Thubron
1,156 membres
21 critiques
3.8
25
Setting the East Ablaze : Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia
de Peter Hopkirk
384 membres
8 critiques
4.1
26
Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared
de Christopher Robbins
245 membres
15 critiques
4
27
Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
de Tom Bissell
227 membres
3 critiques
3.8
28
The Place of the Skull
de Chinghiz Aitmatov
203 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.7
29
La Faculté de l'inutile
de Yury Dombrovsky
175 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
30
Khiva
de Fred Burnaby
170 membres
4 critiques
3.9
31
Farewell Gul'sary
de Chingiz Aitmatov
129 membres
3 critiques
4.1
32
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road
de Christopher Alexander
98 membres
4 critiques
3.9
33
The Devils' Dance
de Hamid Ismailov
54 membres
2 critiques
4.1
34
The Cranes Fly Early
de Chinghiz Aitmatov
51 membres
½ 4.7
35
An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan
de Lady Catherine Macartney
37 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
36
Tales of the mountains and steppes
de Chinghiz Aitmatov
28 membres
4.8
37
The White Cloud of Genghis Khan
de Cengiz Aytmatov
28 membres
4.2
38
A Poet and Bin-Laden
de Hamid Ismailov
22 membres
8 critiques
½ 1.4
39
Tamerlane's Children: Dispatches from Contemporary Uzbekistan
de Robert Rand
21 membres
4
40
On the other side : a journey to Soviet Central Asia
de Geoffrey Moorhouse
18 membres
41
Once in Kazakhstan: The Snow Leopard Emerges
de Keith Rosten
10 membres
3
43
A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories
de Mahmuda Saydumarova
9 membres
½ 3.5
44
Postcards from Stanland : journeys in Central Asia
de David H Mould
8 membres
46
Abai (abridged)
de Mukhtar Auezov
7 membres
5
47
Manas : the Kyrgyz heroic epos in four parts
de Walter May
7 membres
48
Paper-Thin Skin (In the Grip of Strange Thoughts)
de Aigerim Tazhi
5 membres
1 critique
5
50
The beginning
de David Markish
4 membres
51
The Shining Light
de Galymkair Mutanov
4 membres
53
Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt - Expat Stories from Kazakhstan
de Monica Neboli
2 membres
1 critique
½ 2.5
54
When the Edelweiss Flowers Flourish
de Begenas Sartov
2 membres
55
"Shelkovyi pyt'"
de Dukenbai Doszhanov
2 membres
56
Die weiße Aruana. Kasachische Erzählungen
de Leonore Weist
2 membres
57
Thirteen Steps Towards the Fate of Erika Klaus
de Kazat Akmatov
1 utilisateur
58
Bygone Days: O'tkan Kunlar
de Abdullah Qodiriy
1 utilisateur
59
Ein Tropfen Wasser - ein Körnchen Gold. Roman
de Berdy Kerbabajew
1 utilisateur