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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Ali and Nino: A Love Storyby Kurban Said
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war. <BR>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. Review:"Poignant and beautiful...alive with a vividly unique vision of colliding cultures and enduring love."-Newsweek Review:"One feels as if one had dug up buried treasure--. An epic of cultural change that seems more immediate than this morning's headlines."-The New York Times Review:"The brilliant sunset light [Ali and Nino] sheds on a millennial civilization is like living history; the alien yet immensely human characters draw one into their world with vivid conviction. The rescue of this novel is certainly an important literary event."-Mary Renault Review:"An emotional magic carpet...Rich, exciting, and brightly amusing as well as sorrowful along the way, page after iridescent page."The Plain Dealer Review:"A beautiful novel." Paul Theroux Review:"A wonderful book. Ali and Nino is the best love story I have ever read, and one of the best adventures." -Michael Feld, The Globe & Mail Review:"Heartbreaking...[A] shimmering classic." -Entertainment Weekly Synopsis:First published in 1937, "Ali and Nino" has been hailed as one of the most romantic epic novels of all time. Against a gloriously exotic backdrop is portrayed a doomed but enduring love between childhood friends divided by their separate cultures. "The alien yet immensely human characters draw one into their world with vivid conviction".--Mary Renault. About the AuthorKurban Said was the pseudonym of Lev Nussimbaum, who grew up in Baku and died in Italy in 1942. What Our Readers Are SayingAdd a comment for a chance to win!
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