The Railway (novel) explained

The Railway
Translator:Robert Chandler
Author:Hamid Ismailov
Country:Russia
Language:Russian
Genre:Fiction
Publisher:Vintage Books
English Pub Date:2006
Release Date:1997
Isbn:9780099466130

The Railway (Russian: Железная дорога) is one of the more famous novels by Hamid Ismailov. The book was originally written before he left Uzbekistan and was translated into English by Robert Chandler and published in 2006. A Russian edition was published in Moscow in 1997 under the pseudonym Altaer Magdi (Russian: Алтаэр Магди).[1]

Plot

The novel is plotted in Gilas, a fictitious small town on the ancient Silk Route in Uzbekistan. The heart of the novel and the town is a railway station, which sets the connection between the town and the greater world. Gilas has people from all over - Armenians, Kurds, Persians, Ukrainians, Jews, Chechens, Koreans, gypsies, Russians etc and the novel tells the stories of some of them. The book describes the dramatic changes that was felt in the Central Asia in early twentieth century. [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Diane Nemec Ignashev, review of Ismailov, The Railway, Slavic and East European Journal 51.2 (Summer 2007), p. 415.
  2. News: Guppy . Shusha . The Railway, by Hamid Ismailov, translated by Robert Chandler . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-railway-by-hamid-ismailov-translated-by-robert-chandler-6107968.html . 2022-06-18 . subscription . live . 7 October 2017 .