Hurramabad / Andrei Volos ; translated by Arch Tait.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Volos, Andreĭ.

Contributor:

Tait, A. L.

Series:

Glas new Russian writing ; v. 26.

Glas new Russian writing ; v. 26

Standardized Title:

Khurramabad. English. Selections

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Tajikistan--History--1991---Fiction.

Tajikistan.

History.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Moscow, Russia : GLAS Publishers, [2001]

Language Note:

Translated from Russian.

Summary:

The 1998 winner of the Anti-Booker Prize, "Hurramabad" describes the bloody national strife and the eviction of Russians from Tajikistan following the collapse of the USSR. The title is the name of the mythical city of joy and happiness where there is always an abundance of fresh water and shade. When civil war erupts in Tajikistan, many Russians are reluctant to leave at first. But life there becomes unbearable for "foreigners," replaced by atrocity and death. The shifting world is the setting of Volos's powerful novel. He masterfully creates vivid pictures from street scenes, snatches of conversations at the bazaar, comments by wise old men and life stories of simple people, both Russians and Tajiks.

Contents:

The ascent

A local man

Sammy

A decent stone for a father's grave

First on the list

The house by the river

A foreigner.

ISBN:

5717200560

OCLC:

47789250