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Caucasus

Description: Ideas for the July-Sept 2018 theme read of the Reading Globally group. This list includes literature from and about: Georgia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Russian republics Dagestan and Chechnya, and the de facto states Abkhazia and South Ossetia

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Rank Title Author Added

1

The Eighth Life (for Brilka)

by Nino Haratischwili

994 members

48 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Family saga set in Georgia. By a Georgian novelist and dramatist who emigrated to Germany and writes in German.

2

The Knight in the Panther's Skin

by Shota Rustaveli

299 members

6 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Epic poem from medieval Georgia.

3

The Mountain and the Wall

by Alisa Ganieva

86 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: Dilara86, spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Dagestan

4

A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

by Anthony Marra

2,620 members

195 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Novel about Chechnya by a US author.

5

1,294 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: One of a number of stories about the Caucasus by Tolstoy, who served with the Russian imperial army during its conquests of the region.

6

Ali and Nino: A Love Story

1,044 members

50 reviews

3.8

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Azerbaijan. The novel is known in part for a controversy regarding the author behind the pseudonym "Kurbain Said", who was probably Lev Nussimbaum (Essad Bey), and possible plagiarism of some of the passages.

7

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh

by Franz Werfel

776 members

17 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Story of the Armenian genocide by a German historical novelist.

8

The Angel of Grozny

by Åsne Seierstad

329 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Norwegian journalist's account of the war in Chechnya

9

An Armenian Sketchbook

by Vasily Grossman

292 members

8 reviews

4

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Soviet Russian writer visits Armenia

10

One Soldier's War

by Arkady Babchenko

282 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Russian soldier's account of the Chechen War.

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by Antonia Arslan

280 members

6 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Armenian genocide. The author is Italian and was inspired to write the book by her own Armenian heritage.

12

Three Apples Fell from the Sky

by Narine Abgaryan

237 members

19 reviews

4

Member: spiphany

13

Journey to Armenia

by Osip Mandelstam

146 members

7 reviews

3.8

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Russian poet visits Armenia

14

The Story of the Last Thought

by Edgar Hilsenrath

112 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Historical novel about the Armenian genocide, written by a German Holocaust survivor.

15

Stories I Stole

by Wendell Steavenson

103 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: spiphany

16

Nart Sagas from the Caucasus

by John Colarusso

97 members

1 review

4.8

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Myths/oral narratives

17

Sandro of Chegem

by Fazil Iskander

95 members

1 review

4.1

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Abkhazia

18

The Goatibex Constellation

by Fazil Iskander

52 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: Dilara86
Explanations: Dilara86: Set in Abkhazia

19

A captive of the Caucasus: journeys in Armenia and Georgia

by Andrei Bitov

49 members

2 reviews

3

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Soviet Russian writer visits Georgia and Armenia

20

De juridische schimmigheden van een huwelijk

by Olga Grjasnowa

48 members

2 reviews

3.1

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Russian-Jewish writer from Azerbaijan who emigrated to Germany as a child. The second half of this novel takes place in Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region.

21

Der Literaturexpress

by Lasha Bugadze

47 members

2 reviews

3.2

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia

22

Retreat Without Song

by Shahan Shahnur

43 members

3

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Armenian writer from Constantinople. Moved to France in 1923 and later began writing in French instead of Armenian.

23

Kvachi (Georgian Literature)

by Mikheil Javakhishvili

41 members

3.1

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia

24

A Man Was Going Down the Road

by Otar Chiladze

35 members

1 review

2.8

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia

25

I am a Chechen!

by German Sadulaev

33 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: spiphany

26

Contemporary Georgian Fiction

by Elizabeth Heighway

29 members

1 review

3

Member: spiphany

27

Journey to Karabakh (Georgian Literature)

by Aka Morchiladze

24 members

2 reviews

4

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia

28

Hier sind Löwen: Roman

by Katerina Poladjan

23 members

1 review

½ 3.4

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: An old bible takes a book restorer to Armenia. Author is a German writer with Armenian heritage.

29

Requiem for the Living (New Russian Writing)

by Alan Cherchesov

18 members

½ 4.5

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Ossetia

30

Dagny or a Love Feast

by Zurab Karumidze

18 members

½ 3.5

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia

31

Data Tutashkhia

by Chabua Amiredzhibi

16 members

½ 3.7

Member: spiphany

32

Timeless: A Love Story from the Caucasus Mountains

by Nicholas Tchkotoua

15 members

3.9

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia. Author fled the USSR in 1921 and settled in the US and later Switzerland; novel was written in English.

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The Prisoner of the Caucasus

by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

15 members

3

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Narrative poem inspired by the Russian poet's time in exile in "the south".

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by Alexander Ilitschewski

14 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Azerbaijan/Russia

35

The Book of Sadness

by Grigor Narekatsi

13 members

Member: Dilara86
Explanations: Dilara86: An Armenian classic

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by Zaza Burchuladze

12 members

2.8

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Georgia

37

The Brueghel Moon

by Tamaz Chiladze

11 members

1 review

3.8

Member: spiphany

38

Farben der Nacht

by Davit Gabunia

10 members

½ 3.5

Member: spiphany

39

Salam, Dalgat !

by Alisa Ganieva

9 members

1 review

3.8

Member: Dilara86
Explanations: Dilara86: Daghestan

40

Das weiße Kamel

8 members

4

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Azerbaijan

41

Vano and Niko: A Novel (Georgian Literature Series)

by Erlom Akhvlediani

8 members

1 review

4

Member: spiphany

42

Land of the Vine: Stories by Georgian Writers

by Revaz Inanishvilli

7 members

Member: spiphany

43

Honourable beggars : a satire

by Hagop Baronian

4 members

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Ottoman Armenian writer and satirist of the 19th century

44

Penelope, die Listenreiche

by Goar Markosjan-Kasper

3 members

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Armenian writer who wrote in Russian. Later moved to Estonia.

45

Remnants: The Way of the Womb (Second Edition)

by Hagop Oshagan

3 members

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Armenia; escaped the genocide and lived in various locations in Europe and the Middle East

46

Brunnen der Vergangenheit: Roman (Unionsverlag Taschenbücher)

by Victor Gardon

2 members

½ 3.5

Member: spiphany

47

There was never a better brother : stories

by M. Ibragimbekov

1 member

Member: spiphany
Explanations: spiphany: Azerbaijani writer and politician

48

1,110 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

49

by Mariám Petrosyán

632 members

21 reviews

3.8

50

A small corner of Hell Dispatches from Chechnya

by Anna Politkovskaya

462 members

5 reviews

4.1

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by Mark T. Mustian

406 members

35 reviews

4

52

Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus

by Oliver Bullough

151 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

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The Crossing Place: A Journey Among the Armenians

by Philip Marsden

148 members

8 reviews

4

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Passage to Ararat

by Michael J. Arlen

136 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

55

Three Apples Fell From Heaven

by Micheline Aharonian Marcom

134 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

56

The Book of Whispers

by Varujan Vosganian

100 members

3.9

57

Days in the Caucasus

99 members

7 reviews

½ 3.7

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by Nana Ekvtimishvili

92 members

6 reviews

3.8

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A Prisoner in the Caucasus

84 members

1 review

½ 3.7

60

Between Love and Honor

by Alexandra Lapierre

68 members

½ 3.3

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The inseparable twins

by Anatoli Pristavkin

60 members

½ 3.7

62

by Zakhar Prilepin

43 members

1 review

4

63

by Vladimir Makanin

40 members

3

64

Rapture: A Novel (Russian Library)

40 members

2.8

65

A Summer Without Dawn

by Agop J. Hacikyan

29 members

4

66

To Catch a Tartar: Notes from the Caucasus

26 members

1 review

½ 3.6

67

Flight from the USSR

by Dato Turashvili

25 members

1 review

½ 3.7

68

The Gospel according to Chegem : being the further adventures of Sandro of Chegem

by Fazil Iskander

23 members

69

Leylā and Mejnūn

20 members

1 review

5

70

Twelve Secrets in the Caucasus

20 members

5

71

Ai miei figli. Memorie di giorni passati

by Pavel Aleksandrovic Florenskij

18 members

1 review

½ 4.3

72

The Thirteenth Labour of Hercules

by Fazil Iskander

17 members

2 reviews

73

Solar Plexus: A Baku Saga in Four Parts

by Rustam Ibragimbekov

13 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

74

The candidate : a novel

by Zareh Vorpouni

12 members

3

75

Me, Margarita: Stories (Georgian Literature Series)

by Ana Kordzaia

12 members

76

The Book of Tbilisi: A City in Short Fiction (Reading the City)

by Becca Parkinson

10 members

1 review

5

77

by Tamta Melaschwili

10 members

78

The Heritage of Armenian Literature, Vol. 1: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age

by A. J. Hacikyan

10 members

79

The Prose of the Mountains: Three Tales of the Caucasus

by Aleksandre Qazbegi

9 members

1 review

2

80

Denk an Famagusta

by Alexander Goldstein

9 members

81

Gardens of Silihdar: A Memoir

by Zabel Yessayan

8 members

82

Georgian Poetry: Rustaveli to Galaktion. A Bilingual Anthology (English and Georgian Edition)

7 members

4

83

Die Geschichte von einem Vogel und einem Mann: Erzählung

by Archil Kikodze

7 members

4

84

The Hand of the Great Master

by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia

7 members

½ 3.5

85

Visions of Ararat: Writings on Armenia

by Christopher J. Walker

7 members

3

86

Georgische Erzählungen des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts.

by Naira Gelaschwili

7 members

87

Last of the Departed

by Bagrat Shinkuba

6 members

88

Wenn es nur Licht gäbe, bevor es dunkel wird

by Iunona Guruli

5 members

5

89

Techno der Jaguare: Neue Erzählerinnen aus Georgien

by Manana Tandaschwili

5 members

90

Lasharela : a Georgian chronicle of the 13th century

by Grigol Abashidze

5 members

91

by Akram Aylisli

4 members

5

92

chants paiens et autres poemes

by Daniel Varoujan

4 members

5

93

Löwenzahnwirbelsturm in Orange

by Tamar Tandashvili

4 members

4

94

by Violēt Grigoryan

4 members

95

Azerbaijanian poetry: classic, modern, traditional

by Mirză Ibraḣimov

4 members

96

Die karminrote Schildlaus : Roman

by Ruben Howsepjan

4 members

97

The traveller & his road

by Gostan Zarian

4 members

98

Comrade Panchoonie

by Yervant Odian

4 members

99

Lesereise Georgien

by Georges Hausemer

3 members

4

100

Letter to Yerevan

by Andranik Tzarukian

3 members

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December 2017
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