02819nam 2200649 450 991082088760332120190528111928.01-61811-795-510.1515/9781618117953(CKB)4100000008331634(DE-B1597)540964(OCoLC)1051776488(DE-B1597)9781618117953(MiAaPQ)EBC5849759(EXLCZ)99410000000833163420180905h20182018 uy| 1engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFarewell, Aylis a non-traditional novel in three works /Akram Aylisli ; translated by Katherine E. Young ; edited by Rebecca Ruth GouldBoston :Academic Studies Press,[2018]©20181 online resource (338 p.)Central Asian literatures in translation1-61811-794-7 includes bibliographical references.Yemen -- Stone dreams -- A colossal traffic jam.The three novellas of Farewell, Aylis take place over decades of transition in a country that rather resembles modern-day Azerbaijan. In Yemen, a Soviet traveler takes an afternoon stroll and finds himself suspected of defecting to America. In Stone Dreams, an actor explores the limits of one man's ability to live a moral life amid conditions of sociopolitical upheaval, ethnic cleansing, and petty professional intrigue. In A Fantastical Traffic Jam, those who serve the aging leader of a corrupt, oil-rich country scheme to stay alive. Farewell, Aylis, a new essay by the author that reflects on the political firestorm surrounding these novellas and his current situation as a prisoner of conscience in Azerbaijan, was commissioned especially for this Academic Studies Press edition.LITERARY CRITICISM / GeneralbisacshArmenian churches in Nakhchivan.Armenian genocide.Armenians in Azerbaijan.Aylis.Azerbaijan political figures.Baku pogrom.Nakhchivan.Sumgait pogrom.atrocities in the Caucasus.fiction.human rights in Azerbaijan.LITERARY CRITICISM / General.894/.361Aĭlisli Akram1603953Aĭlisli Akram1603953Aĭlisli Akram1603953Aĭlisli Akram1603953Young Katherine E(Poet),Gould Rebecca RuthMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820887603321Farewell, Aylis3928568UNINA