Final Respects Final Respects

Final Respects

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Publisher Description

We, the Kazakhs…

Western readers know little about this people or their vast country, the world’s ninth largest, although the Kazakhs have seen much of human history. From their roots as traders and nomadic herders during the Silk Road period, to their modern experience with atomic bomb testing and space-age triumph, the history of Kazakh culture remains relatively unexplored in the Western world.


Even less known is author Abdi-Jamil Nurpeisov, venerated sage of Kazakh and Russian literature, though his books have been published in translation worldwide. Nurpeisov exposes Kazakh life to Western readers as Tolstoy did with Russians, and Marquez, Colombians.


Final Respects is about people standing face-to face with one of the world’s most devastating man-made ecological disasters – the tragedy of the shrinking and dying Aral Sea. The dramatic lives of two childhood friends eloquently unfold as they find themselves on opposite sides of the issues surrounding this awful catastrophe. New seeds of evil corrupt the souls of yesterday’s nomads in their modern environment: ruthlessness, ambitious careerism, unbridled pursuit of profits, ideology, demagogy and deceit. The conflict between these friends, now separated by education and their social milieus also entails their rivalry for the love of the same woman.


As a sequel to his epic Blood and Sweat, in Final Respects, Nurpeisov depicts in rich detail the life of a fishing village with its kaleidoscope of panoramic events, ethnographic tapestry, and sophisticated fabric of relationships. Nurpeisov’s colorful past and intimate familiarity with the demise of Kazakh traditional culture and its dramatic history come to life in this enjoyable and educational read.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2013
May 21
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
412
Pages
PUBLISHER
Liberty Publishing House
SELLER
Ilya Levkov
SIZE
1.7
MB

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