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Manaschi

By Hamid Ismailov, Donald Rayfield (Translator)
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By Hamid Ismailov, Donald Rayfield (Translator)
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Finalist, Prix Jan Michalski de Littérature 2023

Shortlisted, EBRD Literature Prize 2022

In his latest tragicomedy Hamid Ismailov interrogates the interaction between tradition and modernity, myth and reality.

A radio presenter interprets one of his dreams as an initiation by the world of spirits into the role of a Manaschi, a Kyrgyz bard and shaman who recites and performs the epic poem, Manas, and is revered as someone connected with supernatural forces. Travelling to his native mountainous...

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