Hamid Ismailov is an Uzbek novelist and poet who lives in exile in London. He is a journalist and project manager with the BBC World Service. A prolific writer of poetry and prose, Ismailov has been published in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish, English, and other languages. He is the author of many novels, including The Railway and The Underground.Shelley Fairweather-Vega is a freelance translator in Seattle, Washington. She translates novels, poetry, and short stories for children and adults.
10 Ebooks von Hamid Ismailov
Hamid Ismailov: The Dead Lake
A haunting Russian tale about the environmental legacy of the Cold War.
Yerzhan grows up in a remote part of Soviet Kazakhstan where atomic weapons are tested. As a young boy he falls in love with …
EPUB
Englisch
€8.39
Hamid Ismailov: A Poet and Bin-Laden
The “reality novel” A Poet and Bin-Laden set in Central Asia at the turn of the 21st century against a swirling backdrop of Islamic fundamentalism in the Ferghana Valley and beyond, gives a …
EPUB
Englisch
€9.99
Hamid Ismailov: Gaia, Queen of Ants
From Uzbek author-in-exile Hamid Ismailov comes a dark new parable of power, corruption, fraud, and deception. Ismailov narrates an intimate clash of civilizations as he follows the lives of three ex …
EPUB
Englisch
DRM
€21.99
Hamid Ismailov: Railway
Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, The Railway introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are …
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Englisch
DRM
€8.99
Hamid Ismailov: Wunderkind Erjan
Durch die Weite der Steppe Kasachstans fährt ratternd ein Zug. In ihm begegnen sich ein Reisender und Erjan, das Wunderkind. Der Knabe spielt mitten in dieser vom Zug durchquerten Einöde so virtuos …
EPUB
Deutsch
€13.99
Hamid Ismailov: Of Strangers and Bees
East meets West in a modern Sufi parable about the search for truth
‚Learned, strange and charming.‘ –– The Guardian
In the latest thrilling multi-stranded epic from the award-winning author of …
EPUB
Englisch
€11.49
Hamid Ismailov: The Devil’s Dance
Winner of the EBRD Literature Prize 2019
On New Years‘ Eve 1938, the writer Abdulla Qodiriy is taken from his home by the Soviet secret police and thrown into a Tashkent prison. There, to distract …
EPUB
Englisch
€11.49
Hamid Ismailov: Manaschi
In his latest tragicomedy Hamid Ismailov interrogates the intersection between tradition and modernity.
A former radio-presenter wrongly interprets one of his dreams and thinks that he has been …
EPUB
Englisch
€11.49
