Approaches to Kurban Said's Ali and Nino: Love, Identity, and Intercultural Conflict

Ali and Nino is a novel published in German in 1937 under the alias "Kurban Said," a love story between a Muslim man and a Christian woman set in Baku, Azerbaijan, during World War I and the country's brief independence. It was a major success, translated into several other languages, but was forgotten by the end of World War II. Recent research by the journalist Tom Reiss has revealed the identity of the author as Lev/Leo Nussimbaum (1905-1942),...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571139907
• ISBN13: 9781571139900
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"