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by Hamid Ismailov
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Availability:In StockContributor:Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairwaether-Vega (Translator)Publish date:10/24/2019Pages:446
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tilted Axis PressISBN-13:9781911284369ISBN-10:1911284363UPC:9781911284369Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Russian & SovietSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCFRFT94PY

The intricate new novel from the winner of the EBRD Literature Prize


'Life in exile! May it be cursed. Once you have become a stranger, a stranger you shall remain; you may endeavour to make friends, but the task is a difficult one, full end to end with uncertainty.'


In the latest thrilling multi-stranded epic from the award-winning author of The Devils' Dance, an Uzbek writer in exile traces the fate of the medieval polymath Avicenna, who shaped Islamic thought and science for centuries.Waking from a portentous dream, Uzbek writer Sheikhov is convinced that the medieval polymath Avicenna lives on, condemned to roam the world. The novel follows Avicenna in various incarnations across the ages from Ottoman Turkey to medieval Germany and Renaissance Italy. Sheikhov plies the same route, though his troubles are distinctly modern as he endures the petty humiliations of exile.

Following the award-winning The Devils' Dance, Hamid Ismailov has crafted another masterpiece, combining traditional oral storytelling with contemporary global fiction to create a modern Sufi parable about the search for truth and wisdom.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Tilted Axis PressISBN-13:9781911284369ISBN-10:1911284363UPC:9781911284369Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Russian & SovietSize:7.80 x 5.10 x 1.60 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCFRFT94PY
Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek writer who was forced to flee Uzbekistan in 1992 due to what the state dubbed 'unacceptable democratic tendencies'. He came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service. His works are banned in Uzbekistan. Several of his Russian-original novels have been published in English translation, including The Railway (Vintage, 2007), The Dead Lake, which was long listed for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, and The Underground (both Restless Books). The Devils' Dance was the first of his Uzbek language novels to appear in English, and won the EBRD Prize in 2019.

Shelley Fairweather-Vega is a professional Russian to English translator and an enthusiastic Uzbek to English translator in Seattle, Washington. She holds degrees in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and in Russian, East European, and Central Asian Studies from the University of Washington. That background in international politics, plus a passion for puzzles, led her naturally to a career in translation, where she earns a living examining the puzzling intersections between culture and politics. Shelley runs FairVegaTranslations and FairVega Russian Library Services and is president of the Northwest Translators and Interpreters Society. Since 2006, she has worked as a freelance translator for attorneys, academics, authors and activists around the world.


Publisher: Tilted Axis Press

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Hamid Ismailov, Shelley Fairwaether-Vega (Translator)

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Hamid Ismailov

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