The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years

Posted on 22 September 2018 by Chingiz Aitmatov

a rewarding book Times Literary SupplementSet in the vast windswept Central Asian steppes and the infinite reaches of galactic space, this powerful novel offers a vivid view of the culture and values of the Soviet Union s Central Asian peoples. Read The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years – kino-fada.fr This is easily in the top ten of best books I have ever read Aitmatov is an over looked genius While the translation I read is less than the best, there are passages so lyrical they could easily pass for poetry.I attempted to give a review of the book to my Toastmasters Club and discovered that it is simply too complex and filled with layers of meaning to cover in a 7 minute speech I cannot do it justice here I will just note that anyone interested in any of the following will like this book This is easily in the top ten of best books I have ever read Aitmatov is an over looked genius While the translation I read is less than the best, there are p... 122 389 122 389 A fervent tale that reveals just how real, how surreal, how drastic, the gap is between modern and traditional lifestyles The prose, the imagery, and the outcome of this story transport me to a discarded, burnt out, rusting hull of a train, plane, or...Duygu bir ark dan ba ka bir ey de ilse, ark s ylemek ni in ay p olsun A k varsa hele a k olmak Allah vergisi ise , ni in ay p olsun D nyadaki en b y k sevin , sevmek sevilmek sevinci de il mi yle g zel bir kitap bitirdim ki, bu kitap zerine ne s ylesem eksik kal r Yazar sadece bir g ne, bir as rl k hikaye s d rm Zaten bence bu kitapla ilk kez tan acaklar , kitap hakk nda ayr nt l bir yaz okumadan , k...K t phanemin tozlu raflar nda buldu um bir kitapd rendi im kadar yla e ime niversitedeyken bir edebiyat hocas ald rm ve d nem boyunca sizden tek istedi im bu kitab okuman z demi Failatun failun lar , yazarlar n do um tarihlerini, ya da dil gruplar aras ndaki ili kilerin haritas n ezberleten edebiyat hocam d nd mde e imin ne kadar ansl oldu unu imdi anl yorum Chingiz Aitmatov gibi K rg z bir edebiyat ustas ndan haberimiz olmadan yeti tirildi imizi d nd k e e i...In the semester of 9 11, I was teaching International Conflict It was one of the best set of students I ever had One of them, Kydr from Kyrgyzstan whom I met again one day inside the Blue Masjid in Istanbul gave me this book to read He said it was one of the best books by a world class writer I had my doubts But then I read it And wow In part its a homage to to Gabrie...Nice zamand r okumay istedi im bir romand , sonunda okudum ve olduk a be endim T rk eye evirisi zellikle ba ar l Bu y l bir ka Aytmatov eseri daha okuyaca m.This is exactly the sort of book I was hoping to find when I started my world fiction challenge a truly excellent and accessible novel that deserves to be muchwidely read Fiction in translation covers a wide spectrum, sometimes feeling very foreign and bizarre, but there s something wonderful and life affirming about finding a book like this, that s perfectly relatable and understandable despite for most English speaking readers an enormous cultural gap.The book is about an old man nam This is exactly the sort of book I was hoping to find when I started my world fiction challenge a truly excellent and accessible novel that deserves to be muchwidely read Fiction in translation covers a wide spectrum, sometimes feeling very foreign and bizarre, but there s something wonderful and life affirming about finding a book like this, that s perfectly relatable and understandable despite for most English speaking readers an enormous cultural gap.The book is about an old man named Yedigei, who works at a tiny railway junction out in the empty steppe of Kazakhstan His oldest friend, Kazangap, dies at the beginning of the book, and Yedigei leads the other men of the ju...

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22 September 2018

Chingiz Aitmatov