Abdulla Qadiri: Oʻtgan kunlar (Days Gone By)
The latest addition to my website is Abdulla Qadiri's Oʻtgan kunlar (Days Gone By). This is allegedly the first full-length Uzbek novel and tells the tale of a love story…
Hamid Ismailov: Manaschi
The latest addition to my website is Hamid Ismailov's Manaschi. This is another highly colourful book from Hamid Ismailov. The basis of the book is the Kyrgyz national epic Manas.…
Hamid Ismailov: Ялмоғиз Гея ё мўр-малаҳ маликаси (Gaia)
The latest addition to my website is Hamid Ismailov's Ялмоғиз Гея ё мўр-малаҳ маликаси (Gaia). This is another wonderful book from Hamid Iamailov, the Uzbek author resident in the UK.…
Hamid Ismailov: Hayy-ibn-Yakzan (Of Strangers and-Bees)
The latest addition to my website is Hamid Ismailov's Hayy-ibn-Yakzan (Of Strangers and-Bees). This is another superb book from Hamid Ismailov, the Uzbek novelist, about exile and, indeed about bees.…
Hamid Ismailov: Jinlar Bazmi (The Devil’s Dance)
The latest addition to my website is Hamid Ismailov's Jinlar Bazmi (The Devil’s Dance). It tells the story of the last nine months of the life of Uzbek writer Abdulla…
John Williams: Stoner
The latest addition to my website is John Williams' Stoner. This novel got into the news again, when Ian McEwan rediscovered it, though it had never been out of print…
Gafur Gulom: Shum bola [The Rascal
The latest addition to my website is Gafur Gulom's Shum bola [The Rascal, a light-hearted Uzbek novel which has been translated into German but not into English. This tells the…
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
I have just returned from two weeks in Central Asia, which was highly enjoyable and a lifelong dream but, from the literary point of view relatively disappointing. I found only…
Uzbekistan
The latest addition to my website is Hamid Ismailov's Железная Дорога (Railway), a novel from Uzbekistan. Ismailov actually lives in London and works for the BBC, having left Uzbekistan in…