ISBN: 9780099283225 SKU: 1345949 Note: Any image shown is from a stock photo and is not the actual book. This 2000 Vintage (UK) Paperback is in Very Good condition. Ali must defend the Orient while Nino flees towards Europe. Torn apart by the turmoil of the divided society around them, Ali joins the defense of Azerbaijan from the onslaught of the Red Army and Nino flees to the safety of Paris with their child, unsure whether they will ever see each other again.

Precisely these two facets of Orientalism in Kurban Saids novel deserve a deeper analysis. But Ali and Nino love each other and their love overcomes all cultural difference.They get caught up in the political events that are sweeping through the Caucasus as Russia withdraws, the Turks invade and individual states assert their nationhood. Also, he could have praised Ali and Nino as a predecessor of his own enterprise to critique European cultural hegemony and its basis in Orientalism. by Random House in 1970, Said's romantic tale. There are many impediments to their marriage: Ali is a Shiite Muslim with a fierce belief in the traditions and religion of his race Nino is a sophisticated, westernised Georgian girl - and a Christian there is little likelihood that she would want to end up in a harem. Overlook Press, 24.95 (240pp) ISBN 978-0-87951-668-0 First published in 1937 and issued in the U.S. Although others might see the First World War looming, Ali and Nino are too embroiled in finishing their exams and falling in love with each other to notice. Ali and Nino by Kurban Said is a tragic love story set in Russian-ruled Caucasia and Persia at the time of World War I. A timeless classic novel, last published in 1970, one that keeps being rediscovered and adored by new generations of readers who find it both a bewitching romantic novel of love and adventure and a fascinating insight into the gulf between East and West.Ali and Nino live in the cosmopolitan, oil-rich city of Baku, capital of Azerbaijan.

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