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Ali and Nino
Has anyone read this book by Qurban Said?
I highly recommend you to read the book to go deep into the soul of Caucasia in the turn of the century.
It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose between his loyalty to the beliefs of his Asian ancestors and his profound devotion to Nino. Combining the exotic fascination of a tale told by Scheherazade with the range and magnificence of an epic, Ali and Nino is a timeless classic of love in the face of war.
I highly recommend you to read the book to go deep into the soul of Caucasia in the turn of the century.
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I greet all here!
If any of you managed to read the book "Alin and Nino" I am sure that the following book which I am going to recommend will also be of great interest to you.
It is a fascinating story about the mysterious personality of the author of "Ali and Nino" Kurban Said (real name was Lev Nussimbaum) with deep insight to the life of Baku in the turn of XIX century.
If any of you managed to read the book "Alin and Nino" I am sure that the following book which I am going to recommend will also be of great interest to you.
It is a fascinating story about the mysterious personality of the author of "Ali and Nino" Kurban Said (real name was Lev Nussimbaum) with deep insight to the life of Baku in the turn of XIX century.
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