“A Dream of Annapurna” by Igor Zavilinsky
Originally written in Russian by Ukrainian novelist Igor Zavilinsky, A Dream of Annapurna spans Nepal, Italy and the US. The book has an equally broad time frame, ranging from the 1950s to 2015.
“Ilget: The Three Names of a Life” by Alexander Grigorenko
Alexander Grigorenko’s previous book Mebet, set among the Nenets people of the Siberian taiga, was such an unique literary experience that one could be forgiven for opening Ilget, the next book in the trilogy (a rather loose trilogy, it would appear), with some trepidation, anxious that it repeat or at least not surprise in same…
“Amanat: Women’s Writing From Kazakhstan”, edited by Zaure Batayeva and Shelley Fairweather-Vega
Though death looms in Amanat: Women’s Writing From Kazakhstan, the collection sounds a celebratory note.
