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 mans ability to live a moral life amid conditions of sociopolitical upheaval, ethnic cleansing, and petty professional intrigue. In A Colossal Mess, 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. See more
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Dimensions: 152 x 228mm
Publication Date: 06 Dec 2018
Publisher: Academic Studies Press
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781618117946
About Akram Aylisli
Akram Aylisli is an Azerbaijani writer playwright novelist and editor. His works have been translated from his native Azeri into more than 20 languages. In 2014 Aylisli was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in connection with his novella Stone Dreams. Mr. Aylisli lives under de facto house arrest in Baku Azerbaijan.Katherine E. Young is the author of Day of the Border Guards and former poet laureate of Arlington VA. Young has translated two collections of poetry by Inna Kabysh Two Poems and Blue Birds and Red Horses. Her translations of Russian and Russophone poets have won national and international awards. She is the recipient of a 2017 Translation Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for the translation of Farewell Aylis.