Caucasus

Beskrivning
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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751 medlemmar
35 recensioner
½ 4.3
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Family saga set in Georgia. By a Georgian novelist and dramatist who emigrated to Germany and writes in German.
2
255 medlemmar
5 recensioner
3.9
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Epic poem from medieval Georgia.
3
74 medlemmar
6 recensioner
½ 3.5
2 Members
Dilara86, spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Dagestan
4
2,382 medlemmar
183 recensioner
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Novel about Chechnya by a US author.
5
1,102 medlemmar
29 recensioner
3.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
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
950 medlemmar
47 recensioner
3.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
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
681 medlemmar
14 recensioner
½ 4.3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Story of the Armenian genocide by a German historical novelist.
8
307 medlemmar
16 recensioner
3.9
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Norwegian journalist's account of the war in Chechnya
9
249 medlemmar
7 recensioner
3.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Armenian genocide. The author is Italian and was inspired to write the book by her own Armenian heritage.
10
248 medlemmar
11 recensioner
4.1
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Russian soldier's account of the Chechen War.
11
247 medlemmar
6 recensioner
4
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer visits Armenia
12
135 medlemmar
14 recensioner
4
Member
spiphany
13
132 medlemmar
6 recensioner
3.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Russian poet visits Armenia
14
102 medlemmar
4 recensioner
4.2
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Historical novel about the Armenian genocide, written by a German Holocaust survivor.
15
99 medlemmar
5 recensioner
4.1
Member
spiphany
16
89 medlemmar
1 recension
4.8
Member
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Förklaringar
spiphany: Myths/oral narratives
17
84 medlemmar
1 recension
4.2
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Abkhazia
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41 medlemmar
3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Armenian writer from Constantinople. Moved to France in 1923 and later began writing in French instead of Armenian.
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40 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.5
Member
Dilara86
Förklaringar
Dilara86: Set in Abkhazia
20
40 medlemmar
2 recensioner
3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
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.
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40 medlemmar
2 recensioner
3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Soviet Russian writer visits Georgia and Armenia
22
39 medlemmar
2 recensioner
3.2
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia
23
34 medlemmar
3.1
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia
24
33 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4.1
Member
spiphany
25
27 medlemmar
1 recension
2.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia
26
26 medlemmar
1 recension
3
Member
spiphany
27
20 medlemmar
2 recensioner
4
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia
28
18 medlemmar
½ 4.5
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Ossetia
29
18 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: An old bible takes a book restorer to Armenia. Author is a German writer with Armenian heritage.
30
16 medlemmar
½ 3.5
Member
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Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia
31
15 medlemmar
½ 3.7
Member
spiphany
32
13 medlemmar
3.9
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia. Author fled the USSR in 1921 and settled in the US and later Switzerland; novel was written in English.
33
12 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.5
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Förklaringar
spiphany: Azerbaijan/Russia
34
12 medlemmar
3
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Narrative poem inspired by the Russian poet's time in exile in "the south".
35
11 medlemmar
Member
Dilara86
Förklaringar
Dilara86: An Armenian classic
36
10 medlemmar
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
37
8 medlemmar
1 recension
3.8
Member
Dilara86
Förklaringar
Dilara86: Daghestan
38
8 medlemmar
2.8
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Georgia
39
7 medlemmar
4
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Azerbaijan
40
7 medlemmar
1 recension
4
Member
spiphany
41
7 medlemmar
1 recension
3.8
Member
spiphany
42
6 medlemmar
Member
spiphany
43
3 medlemmar
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Armenian writer who wrote in Russian. Later moved to Estonia.
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3 medlemmar
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Armenia; escaped the genocide and lived in various locations in Europe and the Middle East
45
3 medlemmar
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Ottoman Armenian writer and satirist of the 19th century
46
2 medlemmar
½ 3.5
Member
spiphany
47
1 medlem
Member
spiphany
Förklaringar
spiphany: Azerbaijani writer and politician
48
928 medlemmar
16 recensioner
½ 3.7
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498 medlemmar
13 recensioner
3.8
50
419 medlemmar
4 recensioner
4.1
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385 medlemmar
33 recensioner
4
52
136 medlemmar
8 recensioner
4
53
126 medlemmar
5 recensioner
½ 3.7
54
125 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 4.3
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123 medlemmar
4 recensioner
½ 3.6
56
90 medlemmar
3.8
57
75 medlemmar
7 recensioner
3.8
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71 medlemmar
5 recensioner
3.8
59
70 medlemmar
½ 3.6
60
63 medlemmar
½ 3.3
61
53 medlemmar
4
62
41 medlemmar
1 recension
4
63
37 medlemmar
3
64
28 medlemmar
4
65
28 medlemmar
2.8
66
27 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.6
68
17 medlemmar
1 recension
5
69
17 medlemmar
5
70
17 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 4.3
71
15 medlemmar
1 recension
½ 3.7
72
14 medlemmar
1 recension
73
11 medlemmar
3 recensioner
½ 3.4
74
9 medlemmar
76
8 medlemmar
77
8 medlemmar
78
8 medlemmar
79
7 medlemmar
4
80
7 medlemmar
81
6 medlemmar
4
82
6 medlemmar
3
85
5 medlemmar
86
4 medlemmar
5
87
4 medlemmar
5
88
4 medlemmar
4
89
4 medlemmar
90
4 medlemmar
91
4 medlemmar
92
4 medlemmar
93
4 medlemmar
94
4 medlemmar
96
3 medlemmar
½ 3.5
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3 medlemmar
98
3 medlemmar
99
3 medlemmar
100