First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet . Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker , which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said...
First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet . Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker , which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war.
It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose between his loyalty to the beliefs of his Asian ancestors and his profound devotion to Nino. Combining the exotic fascination of a tale told by Scheherazade with the range and magnificence of an epic, Ali and Nino is a timeless classic of love in the face of war.
阿塞拜疆地处高加索，文化与宗教上偏土耳其与伊朗，但地缘政治上又受制于俄罗斯。穆斯林青年阿里爱上了基督教美女、来自邻国格鲁吉亚的尼诺。如果在历史的假期，他们的爱情或可以偏安与苟且，偏偏遇上一战的当口，父母之邦与自由之邦一旦不能叠合，血与泪就是宿命。阿里痛苦地说I would be just as unhappy in Paris as you were in Persia…Let's stay i... 阿塞拜疆地处高加索，文化与宗教上偏土耳其与伊朗，但地缘政治上又受制于俄罗斯。穆斯林青年阿里爱上了基督教美女、来自邻国格鲁吉亚的尼诺。如果在历史的假期，他们的爱情或可以偏安与苟且，偏偏遇上一战的当口，父母之邦与自由之邦一旦不能叠合，血与泪就是宿命。阿里痛苦地说I would be just as unhappy in Paris as you were in Persia…Let's stay in Baku, where Asia and Europe meet.但是，森林与沙漠就是不能两全。(展开)
景辰frean
新星出版社2007版
1 有用 eureka 2020-08-29 08:59:41
阿塞拜疆地处高加索，文化与宗教上偏土耳其与伊朗，但地缘政治上又受制于俄罗斯。穆斯林青年阿里爱上了基督教美女、来自邻国格鲁吉亚的尼诺。如果在历史的假期，他们的爱情或可以偏安与苟且，偏偏遇上一战的当口，父母之邦与自由之邦一旦不能叠合，血与泪就是宿命。阿里痛苦地说I would be just as unhappy in Paris as you were in Persia…Let's stay i... 阿塞拜疆地处高加索，文化与宗教上偏土耳其与伊朗，但地缘政治上又受制于俄罗斯。穆斯林青年阿里爱上了基督教美女、来自邻国格鲁吉亚的尼诺。如果在历史的假期，他们的爱情或可以偏安与苟且，偏偏遇上一战的当口，父母之邦与自由之邦一旦不能叠合，血与泪就是宿命。阿里痛苦地说I would be just as unhappy in Paris as you were in Persia…Let's stay in Baku, where Asia and Europe meet.但是，森林与沙漠就是不能两全。 (展开)
0 有用 inParadise 2010-04-29 20:00:03
moving
0 有用 小微醺 2017-05-04 02:04:15
现实里的阿塞拜疆和文学中的描述很符合，在夹缝中生存，在身份认知上挣扎。可以看到昔日许多文化在这里留下足迹，但又缺少一些自己真正的特色。现在巴库在刻意向迪拜靠近，没想到成功是难以复制的，投资的不少项目已经落空了...
0 有用 杏黄 2012-02-07 20:51:25
到底何为野蛮，何为真正的civilized……其实我们都说不清，不同角度不同立场，一切都似乎是相对的。