5/22/2023 0 Comments Ali and nino by kurban said![]() ![]() Ali’s brave and well-reasoned defense of his beloved homeland and his acceptance of other cultures make him a positive hero for the Caucasus. A novel of love and war set at the beginning of the twentieth century, Ali and Nino remains relevant to the often-tumultuous political situation in the Caucasus, which is part of the reason it continues to be popular today. The book is displayed in the regional section at Prospero’s Books in Tbilisi, has lent its characters’ names to a statue of two lovers in Batumi, and, according to Thomas Goltz (the author of Georgia Diary), was required reading for Alex Rondeli’s students interested in Georgian politics. The novel is frequently cited in the news when ethnic conflicts break out in the Caucasus and Foreign Policy magazine listed it as one of “ The foreign-policy books you should be reading to get ready for election season”. The novel Ali and Nino by Kurban Said has become the book to read before visiting Georgia, despite the fact that it is set in Azerbaijan and was originally written in German. ![]()
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