by Chingiz Torekulovich Aĭtmatov · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783293200012
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«Dshamilja» is the short novel by Chingiz Aitmátov, published by Unionsverlag in paperback (95 pages, in German).
In a Kyrgyz village during World War II, a fifteen-year-old boy narrates how his sister-in-law Dshamilja, married to a soldier at the front, falls in love with Danijar, a wounded and dreamy young man. The story shows, from an adolescent perspective, a love that defies the village's traditions.
Novel originally published in Russian in 1958. This German edition, translated by Hartmut Herboth, belongs to the Unionsverlag Taschenbuch collection (no. 1).
For readers of classic fiction and love stories set in Central Asia during World War II.
Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best known figures in Kyrgyz literature.
