Oneworld Publications (February 11, 2020), Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2019. The descriptions of nature and the hardships of the Semruk settlement are lyrical. A graduate of Moscow Cinema School’s screenwriting program, she made her fiction debut with Russian-language “Zuleikha” in 2015, and has since penned another novel, “My Children.”
The historic context of persecution of Kulaks in post-revolutionary Russia is fascinating. My family tree split in 19th century Russia, the branch I’m in to the U.S., the other stayed behind. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 8, 2020. a peasant small landholder) but the book is full of memorable figures. So, when her child leaves her, it is wrenching. Please try your request again later.
I bought this for my mother. I found it very difficult to put this book down. WHO MADE IT: Guzel Yakhina is a bilingual Tatar-Russian writer, who grew up in Kazan, but has resided in Moscow for the past twenty years. A graduate of Moscow Cinema School’s screenwriting program, she made her fiction debut with Russian-language “Zuleikha” in 2015, …
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2019. By: Welcome back. It's a novel about the metamorphosis of a woman. The prose brings to life scenarios I shall never forget.
1977 Kazan, Tatarstan) is a Russian author and filmmaker of Tatar origins.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 12, 2019. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 10, 2019. “no hace mucho de repente llegó a la conclusión de que tuvo suerte de que el destino la hubiera arrojado en ese lugar.
Zuleikha herself is sent into exile, enduring a horrendous train journey to a remote spot on the Angara River in Siberia.
She is a winner of the Big Book literary prize and the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award.
Nominalizări pentru Cartea Lunii iulie 2020. $29.99, Sale price: Listening is the perfect way to appreciate the masters. They were kulaks, I appreciated getting a window into their story. Your RatingRate…PerfectGoodAverageNot that badVery Poor. I loved this. Big Book literary award, winner (2015); Yasnaya Polyana award, winner (2015), «I tried to find out how my grandmother operated, to understand her character and how it had become that way, I wanted to dive into her real past (…) It's a novel about a woman who acquires new strength. The true love story is not with the Soviet commissar Ignatov, but with her boy, Yuzef. Great story in the classic Russian tradition.
Guzel Yakhina's debut novel is based on the experiences of her grandmother, a Tatar. It’s one of the best historical novels that I have ever read. 09-24-19, Language:
[4] Before being accepted for publication, the novel was rejected by multiple publishers.[5]. Guzel Yakhina’s smooth prose describes Zuleikha’s adjustment to a new reality and her discovery of a new form of happiness, and covers a range of cultural, ethnic, religious and socio-political issues. Vive a expensas del Estado en la estrechez de un cuartucho de hospital, habita entre personas que no pertenecen a su familia, habla en una lengua que no es la suya, caza como un hombre y trabaja por tres y, sin embargo, se encuentra a gusto. Zuleikha drew me in from the first word and lingers on past the last: vivid descriptions of the various settings; relatable and honest characters; gentle and loving depictions of natural scenes and their inhabitants; and the perfect, heartbreaking, yet hope-filled ending.
In the 1930s, as part of dekulakization programme, the Soviets forcefully relocated many Tatars from the European part of Russia to Siberia.
The novel immerses the reader in an epic struggle for survival of a peasant Muslim woman in the violent upheaval of The Soviet revolution The narrative is intensely personal without historical sweep but capturing the deeply personal impact of mindless bureaucratic decisions and Soviet officialdom. Zuleikha, on the other hand is the work of a young woman and was only published in Russian in 2015. Guzel Shamilyevna Yakhina (Russian: Гузель Шамильевна Яхина, Tatar: Cyrillic Гүзәл Шамил кызы Яхина, Latin Güzäl Şamil qızı Yaxina, born 1 June 1977, Kazan) is a Russian author and screenwriter.She is a winner of the Big Book literary prize and the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award. Please try again.
The doctor only helps, directing the body’s strengths to take the proper course, sometimes removing something extra, unnecessary, and obsolete. We all know of Stalin’s large scale atrocities, but this book brings it to a personal level.
At the same time, it shows how women must curry sexual favors with men to survive in a state of nature and barbarism. Guzel Yakhina is a Russian author and screenwriter.
About Guzel Yakhina Guzel Yakhina (b. Sections of her debut novel Zuleikha appeared in the journal Siberian Fires.
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She was exiled at a young age and was able to return home only sixteen years later. I gather the book is highly rated because it has a strong Muslim lead character who is oppressed by white males and thus fits into the great enduring narrative that defines all human existance. But God is love and love is God, though the road to them is unique for everyone, but only Love can do the impossible possible, and turn death into life and the evil into beauty. Guzel Yakhina’s smooth prose describes Zuleikha’s adjustment to a new reality and her discovery of a new form of happiness, and covers a range of cultural, ethnic, religious and socio-political issues.
Zuleikha is her first novel. London: OneWorld. Tatar State University of Humanities and Education, "Guzel Yakhina : " La rencontre de mes deux héros est la rencontre de deux âmes nues, "Rustam Minnikhanov met with writer Guzel Yakhina", "Ходил слух, что докторам приказано отравить детей", "Лауреат "Большой книги" Гузель Яхина победила на конкурсе сценариев", "Kazan authors Bulat Ibrahim and Guzel Yakhina became the winners of the International Literary Prize", "Les prix littéraires 2017 – La récap – Ballade au fil de …", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Guzel_Yakhina&oldid=971596915, Articles containing Russian-language text, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 7 August 2020, at 03:07. Guzel Yakhina is a Russian author and screenwriter. The story of a group of people in Stalinist USSR who are sent to internal exile in Siberia where they build themselves a new community in the form of a labor camp.
[1] Her mother is a doctor, while her father is an engineer.