LEADER 02819nam 2200649 450 001 9910820887603321 005 20190528111928.0 010 $a1-61811-795-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781618117953 035 $a(CKB)4100000008331634 035 $a(DE-B1597)540964 035 $a(OCoLC)1051776488 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781618117953 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5849759 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008331634 100 $a20180905h20182018 uy| 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aFarewell, Aylis $ea non-traditional novel in three works /$fAkram Aylisli ; translated by Katherine E. Young ; edited by Rebecca Ruth Gould 210 1$aBoston :$cAcademic Studies Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2018 215 $a1 online resource (338 p.) 225 0 $aCentral Asian literatures in translation 311 $a1-61811-794-7 320 $aincludes bibliographical references. 327 $aYemen -- Stone dreams -- A colossal traffic jam. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM / General$2bisacsh 610 $aArmenian churches in Nakhchivan. 610 $aArmenian genocide. 610 $aArmenians in Azerbaijan. 610 $aAylis. 610 $aAzerbaijan political figures. 610 $aBaku pogrom. 610 $aNakhchivan. 610 $aSumgait pogrom. 610 $aatrocities in the Caucasus. 610 $afiction. 610 $ahuman rights in Azerbaijan. 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM / General. 676 $a894/.361 700 $aAi?lisli$b Akram$01603953 701 2$aAi?lisli$b Akram$01603953 701 2$aAi?lisli$b Akram$01603953 701 2$aAi?lisli$b Akram$01603953 702 $aYoung$b Katherine E$c(Poet), 702 $aGould$b Rebecca Ruth 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820887603321 996 $aFarewell, Aylis$93928568 997 $aUNINA