Ali and Nino: A Love Story

Hailed as one of the most romantic epic novels of all time, Kurban Said's Ali and Nino is "poignant and beautiful . . . alive with a vividly unique vision of colliding cultures and enduring love" (Newsweek).

Ali and Nino, two lovers from vastly different backgrounds, grow up together in carefree innocence in Baku on the Caspian Sea. Here, where Eastern and Occidental collide, they are inevitably drawn into the events of the First World War and the Russian Revolution. Torn apart by the turmoil, Ali joins the defense of Azerbajan from the onslaught of the Red Army, and Nino flees to the safety of Paris with their child, not knowing whether they will ever see each other again.

A sweeping tale, as romantic and gripping as Gone with the Wind or Dr. Zhivago, it portrays, against a gloriously exotic backdrop, the enduring love between childhood friends divided by their separate cultures.

Author: Kurban Said
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Overlook Press
Published: 12/20/2016
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781468314403

About the Author
Said, Kurban: - Kurban Said is the pseudonym of the writer of Ali and Nino and The Girl From the Golden Horn and subject of the bestselling book The Orientalist by Tom Reiss.