Podcast: Ep. 10. Kyrgyzstan: Jamilia by Chingiz Aïtmatov

On this journey:

  • How much use are the quotes on book covers?
  • Writer’s conflict: representing reality vs. being a moral voice.
  • Floating along in a rural Kyrgyz summer.

Book in focus: Jamilia by Chingiz Aïtmatov.

Title: Jamilia (Джамиля)
Translator: James Riordan,
Published in Russian: 1958
Published in translation: 2007

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