Aitmatov Academy: 8 books

The great Kyrgyz writer tells the story of a five-year-old boy who sees his father falling in the movie. The naive pride of the little boy and his longing for the father he has never known are entangled with the tragedy and absurdity of war. In spite of the accurate descriptions of explosions and falling...

This collection of three Aitmatov short stories basically was dedicated to James Riordan, the British academic and the best translator of Aitmatov into English. It contains his translation of the 1960 short story 'Camel Eye' as well as Rahima Abduvalieva's translations of 'The Boy Soldier' and 'The Monkey...

It is a very romantic love story of Kirghiz girl Jamila to Daniyar, who has been wounded on the battlefield during WWII. Although she was already married to Sadyk and liked his family, she left all her traditions behind for her love.... Jamila is the story of a woman who goes against the traditional...

Aitmatov is an enigma. For a start he is not Russian, but Kirgiz. Yet he has gained distinction through the medium of Russian. He writes not one but two versions of each work: first in Kirgiz, then in Russian, sometimes under a different title and in a different version, in the manner of Conrad, Nabokov...

This fairytale was published first in Germany (1997). You find in this story the writer not only as a storyteller, but also as a father of his lovely daughter Shirin and youngest son Eldar as well.

Once you have turned the last page of this small book, we hope you will have enjoyed it as much as those who knew Azhar. Many loved her for her loving, happy and compassionate nature. She cared about her family, friends and the entire world. This book isn’t just for those who knew Azhar. The children’s...

His play ‘The Transit Passenger’ was presented successfully to the British audience in London, 2014 and 2015 I had the great opportunity to go to Kazakhstan for the first time last September. We were there to participate in the Festival of languages in Astana, where I had the privilege to meet Dulat...

Tulipa Greigli – Greig’s Tulip Historical Information. The tulipa Greigii was described by Eduard von Regel as a tulip from the Karatau Mountains, initially as a variety of the Altai tulip (Tulipa altaica var. karatavica, 1868). Later in 1873 it was described as a species in its own right and named...