Central Asia

Description
Ideas for the July-Sept 2018 theme read of the Reading Globally group. This list includes literature from and about: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
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Jamilia
by Chingiz Aĭtmatov
698 members
33 reviews
3.9
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Most famous work by one of the best-known Kyrgyz authors.
2
The Railway
by Hamid Ismailov
114 members
4 reviews
½ 3.6
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Uzbek writer who fled to the UK in the 1990s. His writing is banned in Uzbekistan.
3
The day lasts more than a hundred years
by Chingiz Aitmatov
556 members
13 reviews
4.2
Member
Dilara86
4
Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
by Erika Fatland
322 members
14 reviews
4.1
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Norwegian journalist and anthropologist's account of her travels through the former Soviet states in Central Asia.
5
The White Steamship
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
229 members
5 reviews
4.1
Member
Dilara86
6
The Good Angel of Death
by Andreï Kourkov
160 members
7 reviews
½ 3.6
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Ukrainian Russian-language author. This surreal-satirical novel includes a tour through Kazakhstan, the Caspian Sea, and several other former Soviet Asian republics
7
Soul
by Andrey Platonov
113 members
3 reviews
4.1
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer. This is one of a number of stories inspired by his travels to Turkmenistan.
8
The Dead Lake
by Hamid Ismailov
105 members
9 reviews
3.8
Member
Dilara86
9
The Keeper of Antiquities
by Yury Dombrovsky
86 members
4
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer who was exiled to Kazakhstan, where this novel is set.
10
Silent Steppe: The Memoir of a Kazakh Nomad Under Stalin
by Mukhamet Shayakhmetov
62 members
3 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Memoirs of a Kazakh man who was conscripted into the Red Army.
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Captain of the Steppe
by Олег Павлов
56 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Inspired by Pavlov's military service as a prison guard in Kazakhstan.
12
Hurramabad
by Andrei Volos
37 members
1 review
3.1
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Russian writer from Tajikistan.
13
The Tale of Aypi
by Ak Welsapar
29 members
2 reviews
3.1
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Turkmen writer; emigrated to Sweden in the 1990s following a publishing ban and persecution by the government.
14
The Sands of Oxus: Boyhood Reminiscences of Sadriddin Aini
by Sadriddin Aĭnī
20 members
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Tajik
15
Journey Beyond Samarkand
by Yasushi Inoue
13 members
4
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Japanese writer's account of his travels in Central Asia.
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Der sterbende See
by Abdishamil Nurpeissow
4 members
5
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Kazakh.
17
A life at noon
by Talasbek Asemkulov
4 members
Member
spiphany
18
The Plight of a Postmodern Hunter
by Mukhtar Shakhanov
4 members
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Kazakh
19
The Ballad of Forgotten Years
by Ăbīsh Kekīlbaev
3 members
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
20
Zółw taraziego
by Timur Pulatov
3 members
1 review
Member
spiphany
Explanations
spiphany: Uzbek
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Nuit
by Tchulpan
2 members
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Explanations
Dilara86: Uzbekistan (early 20th century Uzbek author who wrote in Uzbek)
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Beichte der Steppe
by Tachawi Achtanow
2 members
Member
spiphany
23
The Travels of Marco Polo
by Marco Polo
5,328 members
58 reviews
½ 3.6
24
Shadow of the Silk Road
by Colin Thubron
1,192 members
21 reviews
3.8
25
Setting the East Ablaze : Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia
by Peter Hopkirk
394 members
8 reviews
4.1
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Apples Are from Kazakhstan: The Land that Disappeared
by Christopher Robbins
254 members
15 reviews
4
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Chasing the Sea: Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
by Tom Bissell
235 members
3 reviews
3.8
28
The Place of the Skull
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
212 members
1 review
3.8
29
The Faculty of Useless Knowledge
by Yury Dombrovsky
181 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
30
A Ride to Khiva
by Fred Burnaby
176 members
4 reviews
3.9
31
Farewell Gul'sary
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
134 members
3 reviews
4.1
32
A Carpet Ride to Khiva: Seven Years on the Silk Road
by Christopher Alexander
103 members
4 reviews
3.9
33
The Devils' Dance
by Hamid Ismailov
59 members
2 reviews
4.1
34
The Cranes Fly Early
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
51 members
½ 4.7
35
An English Lady in Chinese Turkestan
by Lady Catherine Macartney
39 members
1 review
½ 4.3
36
Tales of the mountains and steppes
by Chinghiz Aitmatov
28 members
4.8
37
The White Cloud of Genghis Khan
by Cengiz Aytmatov
28 members
4.2
38
A Poet and Bin-Laden
by Hamid Ismailov
22 members
8 reviews
½ 1.4
39
Tamerlane's Children: Dispatches from Contemporary Uzbekistan
by Robert Rand
21 members
4
41
A Collection of Uzbek Short Stories
by Mahmuda Saydumarova
10 members
½ 3.5
42
Once in Kazakhstan: The Snow Leopard Emerges
by Keith Rosten
10 members
3
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Postcards from Stanland: Journeys in Central Asia
by David H Mould
8 members
46
Abai
by Mukhtar Auezov
7 members
5
47
Manas : the Kyrgyz heroic epos in four parts
by Walter May
7 members
48
Paper-Thin Skin (In the Grip of Strange Thoughts)
by Aĭgerim Tazhi
6 members
1 review
5
50
The Beginning
by David Markish
4 members
51
The Shining Light
by Galymkair Mutanov
4 members
53
Drinking Camel's Milk in the Yurt - Expat Stories from Kazakhstan
by Monica Neboli
2 members
1 review
½ 2.5
54
"Shelkovyi pyt'"
by Dukenbai Doszhanov
2 members
55
When the Edelweiss Flowers Flourish
by Begenas Sartov
2 members
56
Die weiße Aruana. Kasachische Erzählungen
by Leonore Weist
2 members
57
Ein Tropfen Wasser - ein Körnchen Gold. Roman
by Berdy Kerbabajew
1 member
58
Bygone Days: O'tkan Kunlar
by Abdullah Qodiriy
1 member
59
Thirteen Steps Towards the Fate of Erika Klaus
by Kazat Akmatov
1 member