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The Railway

The Railway( )
Author: Ismailov, Hamid
Chandler, Robert
ISBN:978-1-84343-161-9
Publication Date:Mar 2006
Publisher:Penguin Random House
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $23.95
Book Description:

Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this compelling novel introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence, the town's alcoholic intellectual; Father Ioann, a Russian priest; Kara-Musayev the Younger, the chief of police; and Umarali-Moneybags, the old moneylender. Their colorful lives offer a unique and comic picture of a little-known land populated by outgoing...
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Book Details
Pages:320
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.304 x 8.424 x 0.897 Inches
Book Weight:0.77 Pounds



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