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. 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. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Read full overviewįirst published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcom. First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr.
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