The mountain and the wall
By: Alisa Ganieva ; translated from the Russian by Carol Apollonio ; introduction by Ronald Meyer
Contributors: Flath, Carol A. (Carol Apollonio), translator; Meyer, Ronald, author of introduction, etc
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Dallas, Texas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9781941920145; 9781941920152
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Political science; Fiction; FICTION; General
Description: ""Never before has Russian literature produced such an honest and complete picture of today's Caucasus.""-Kommersant Weekend (Russia) ""The Mountain and the Wall is a major event in contemporary Russian literature.""-Ulrich M. Schmid, Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Germany) This remarkable debut novel by a unique young Russian voice portrays the influence of political intolerance and religious violence in the lives of people forced to choose between evils. The Mountain and the Wall focuses on Shamil, a young local reporter in Makhachkala, and his reactions, or lack thereof, to rumors that the Russian.
Table of contents: title: "" Contents""; ""The Mountain of Celebrations: Introduction by Ronald Meyer""; ""Prologue""; ""Part I ""; ""Part II ""; ""Part III ""; ""Part IV ""; ""Epilogue ""; ""Glossary of Words, Phrases, Places, & People ""