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Sarmekova Baqytgul
To Hell With Poets
To Hell With Poets
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Binding: Paperback
Description: Winner of an English PEN Translates Award. Baqytgul Sarmekova offers wry darkly humorous portraits of ordinary Kazakh people held in the snare of patriarchy cultural tradition and postsocialist upheaval Mirgul Kali deftly recreates the atmosphere of these everyday tensions as they quietly seethe just below the surface. - - PEN/ Heim judges citation. Vivid hilarious and unsettling the tragicomic characters of To Hell With Poets reflect the inner discord of the modern Kazakh. The stories move between the city and the aul postsocialist and capitalist worlds tradition and modernity. Incisive and unapologetic Sarmekova refuses to hold back offering a sharp and honest rendering of daily life in Kazakhstan.
Title: To Hell With Poets
Author(s): Sarmekova Baqytgul
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
Barcode: 9781911284987
Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/28/2024
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: Winner of an English PEN Translates Award. Baqytgul Sarmekova offers wry darkly humorous portraits of ordinary Kazakh people held in the snare of patriarchy cultural tradition and postsocialist upheaval Mirgul Kali deftly recreates the atmosphere of these everyday tensions as they quietly seethe just below the surface. - - PEN/ Heim judges citation. Vivid hilarious and unsettling the tragicomic characters of To Hell With Poets reflect the inner discord of the modern Kazakh. The stories move between the city and the aul postsocialist and capitalist worlds tradition and modernity. Incisive and unapologetic Sarmekova refuses to hold back offering a sharp and honest rendering of daily life in Kazakhstan.
Title: To Hell With Poets
Author(s): Sarmekova Baqytgul
Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
Barcode: 9781911284987
Pages: 112 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 3/28/2024
Category: Fiction In Translation