Zuleikha, Guzel Yakhina
Zuleikha, Guzel Yakhina
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Zuleikha

Author: Guzel Yakhina, Lisa C. Hayden

Narrator: Elise Arsenault

Unabridged: 18 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/24/2019

Synopsis

WINNER OF THE BIG BOOK AWARD, THE YASNAYA POLYANA AWARD AND THE BEST PROSE WORK OF THE YEAR AWARDSoviet Russia, 1930. Zuleikha, the “pitiful hen,” lives with her brutal husband Murtaza and her mother-in-law in a small Tartar village. When Murtaza is executed by communist soldiers, she is sent into exile to a remote region on the Angara River in Siberia. Hundreds die of hunger and exhaustion on the journey and over the first difficult winter, yet exile is the making of Zuleikha. As she gets to know her fellow survivors ― among them an eccentric German doctor, a painter, and the conscience-stricken Commander Ignatov, her husband’s killer ―Zuleikha begins to build a new life far removed from the one she left behind. Guzel Yakhina’s outstanding debut ― inspired by her grandmother's childhood memories of being exiled to the Gulag ―has been translated into twenty-one languages, capturing the hearts of readers all over the world.

About Guzel Yakhina

Guzel Yakhina (b. 1977 Kazan, Tatarstan) is a Russian author and filmmaker of Tatar origins. She graduated from the Kazan State Pedagogical University and completed her PhD at the Moscow Filmmaking School. Zuleikha is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Valeriu on August 31, 2024

O recenzie nu mai are rost să fac. A trecut prea mult de la apariția cărții. Mai bine vă povestesc episodul care m-a impresionat cel mai tare la prima lectură a romanului. Zilele trecute l-am răsfoit tocmai în acest scop. Episodul nu e legat nici de Zuleiha, nici de abuzivul ei soț, Murtava, și nici......more

Goodreads review by Jovi on April 24, 2018

Un condei puternic și talentat și o poveste ce transcende anii cei mai grei pentru oamenii simpli și nevinovați din Uniunea Sovietică. Zuleiha este o tânără tătăroaică, soție a unui culac (singura vină a sa), ce pornește o lungă călătorie a supraviețuirii dinspre satele Kazanului până în depărtata ta......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 07, 2016

Started off strong, but the second half didn't live up to expectations set (for me) by the first half. The opening is promising, with great writing and a lot of interesting Tatar color throughout. However, much of what follows feels too obvious, like a set piece about the 1930s, dekulakization, and......more

Goodreads review by Pavel on April 17, 2016

I recognised a real writer from the first page of this book, as I believe almost anyone would. Not graphomaniac, not Stalin's crimes exposer, but an AUTHOR who is directly drawing her inspirations from the best examples of classic Russian literature and talented enough to still find her own way. Plot......more

Goodreads review by Andreea on January 14, 2019

Imi e putin greu sa scriu despre cartea asta. Poate pentru ca subiectul e destul de greu si impresia cu care am ramas e: "Doamne, ce vieti irosite!" Dar cumva parca nu-s multumita de ideea asta, ma sacaie, ma gandesc ca totul a fost atat de in contratimp, viata a trecut pe langa personaje, scurtele......more

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