Zusammenfassung A modern classic of Soviet literature! a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love. Informationen zum Autor Chinghiz Aitmatov (1928 - 2008) is Kyrgyzstan's best known literary figure. His fiction! prose and plays! written in both his native Kyrgyz and in Russian! have appeared in over one hundred languages. Aitmatov was the recipient of numerous awards! including the Lenin Prize. James Riordan (1936 - 2012) was an English novelist! broadcaster! association football player and Russian scholar. Riordan's first novel Sweet Clarinet won the NASEN Award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award. Klappentext A modern classic of Soviet literature--a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.

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Chingiz Aïtmatov was born in Kyrgyzstan in 1928. His work has appeared in over one hundred languages, and has received numerous awards, including the Lenin Prize. He was an adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union's twilight years and is the Kyrgyz ambassador to the European Union, NATO, UNESCO and the Benelux countries.

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A modern classic of Soviet literature--a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.

Zusammenfassung
A modern classic of Soviet literature, a love story that ranks alongside Turgenev's First Love.