Books from Kyrgyzstan
12 popular kyrgyzstani books
Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Kyrgyzstan.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Djamila by Tschingis Aitmatow DE
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Louis Aragon schrieb über das Buch: Ich schwöre es, es ist die schönste Liebesgeschichte der Welt.
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Dshamilja : Erzählung by Čingiz Ajtmatov DE
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
Im zentralasiatischen nordöstlichen Kirgisien, irgendwo im Tal des Kukureuflusses, im Sommer des dritten Kriegsjahres 1943, hat sie sich abgespielt, »die schönste Liebesgeschichte der Welt« (Aragon). Said, der damals Fünfzehnjährige, der nicht wußte, wie Liebe sich zuträgt, erzählt sie mit großem Erstaunen.»Hier, in diesem hochmütigen Paris, das alles gesehen, alles gelesen, alles erlebt hat, merke ich plötzlich, daß mir Werther, Bérénice, Antonius und Kleopatra, Manon Lescaut, die Education sentimentale oder Dominique nichts bedeuten, weil ich Dshamilja gelesen habe«, schreibt Louis Aragon in... continue
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El calvario de Abdías by Chinguiz Aitmátov ES
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
El protagonista de esta novela, Abdías, un antiguo seminarista excomulgado tras comprobar que los sacerdotes están tan lejos de Dios como los comunistas, decide dedicarse al periodismo y escribir un reportaje sobre los recolectores clandestinos de una variedad de marihuana, el anasha. Después de introducirse en la red de tráfico de drogas, emprende un viaje a la estepa en el transcurso del cual despertará los recelos de los jefes de la organización y se verá envuelto en múltiples peripecias.
La narración de los acontecimientos alt... continue
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Foreign Fighters and International Peace : Joining Global Jihad and Marching Back Home by Cholpon Orozobekova EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
This book provides compelling account of the emergence of jihadism and ISIS, radicalization process of jihadism and their post-ISIS lives, and consequences of a family jihad that resulted of thousands of women and children held in the desert with nowhere to go.
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Jamilia by Chinghiz Aitmatov EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
A modern classic of Soviet literature--a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.
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The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
" . . . a rewarding book." —Times Literary Supplement Set in the vast windswept Central Asian steppes and the infinite reaches of galactic space, this powerful novel offers a vivid view of the culture and values of the Soviet Union's Central Asian peoples.
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The White Ship by Chingiz Aitmatov EN
Country: Asia / Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Description:
In a primeval forest cut off from the rest of the world, a seven-year-old boy and six adults are living. The boy is isolated and lonesome. A connoisseur of folk tales, old Maumoon serves as a substitute for his parents. A world of tales and beautiful legends as perceived by the impressionable child prone to fantastic perceptions of reality conflicts with the harsh existence of adults engrossed in their own problems.