Archive for 'aitmatov'
A Day for Чыңгыз Айтматов
Today is a fine day for celebrating Central Asian culture. I had real Uzbek plov for lunch, and Kazakh language classes like I have everyday, after which I had a chance to speak with some Turkmen and Uyghur teachers, and now I’m all set to review some of the work of Kyrgyzstan’s greatest literary […]
Tags: Books, Kyrgyzstan, Reviews, aitmatov.
Posted by Michael Hancock on July 23rd, 2008
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Last Respects
Read the obituary at Global Voices Online.
Chingiz Aitmatov {Чыңгыз Айтматов} passed away this week in Nuremberg, Germany. On May 16th, Aitmatov suffered kidney failure. His health steadily declined, and he was reportedly in a coma before he passed on June 10th. His funeral was held yesterday, June 14th, in Bishkek. Thousands […]
Tags: Books, Kyrgyzstan, obituary, aitmatov.
Posted by Michael Hancock on June 15th, 2008
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И дольше века длится день - A Review
One of the best books I’ve read in recent months, and certainly one of the best I’ve read from Central Asian writers, is this great work from Cold War era Soviet Union, The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, by Chingiz Aitmatov. An alternative translation [more literal, anyway] of the Russian title И […]
Tags: Central Asia, History, Books, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Reviews, USSR, aitmatov.
Posted by Michael Hancock on November 9th, 2007
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