by Kurban Said - (20 Jan 2009 - 00:00)
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Paul Theroux mentions this novel in his book Ghost Train to the Eastern Star as the great Azerbaijani novel. Written in 1937, it is set just before and during the first world war, when Azerbaijan was under the control of czarist Russia. The two protagonists are Ali Shirvanshir and Nino Kipriani, both from wealthy and powerful families living in Baku, an oil boom town on the shores of the Caspian sea. Ali is a Muslim with family connections in Persia; Nino is a Georgian Christian, whose extended family is based in Tbilisi. The novel is basically a love-story, but takes pains to describe the cultural and religious world of Azerbaijan at that time.
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