Abdulhamid Sulaymon o’g’li Cho’lpon (Chistopher Fort, trans.)

Jan 3, 2020

Night and Day

A Novel

Academic Studies Press 2019

purchase at bookshop.org Christopher Fort’s new translation of Abdulhamid Sulaymon o’g’li Cho’lpon’s Night and Day: A Novel (Academic Studies Press, 2019) (Kecha va Kunduz) gives readers a chance to dive into the world of early 20th century Uzbek literature and understand the complex social problems of late Russian imperial Turkestan. This book will be interesting for a wide range of readers, including those interested in the history of Russia and Central Asia, as well as the nature of colonial and post-colonialism in those contexts. Finally, Fort’s translation brings attention to Cho’lpon, an important figure in Uzbek literary life who tragically became a victim of Stalinist terror.
Nicholas Seay is a PhD candidate at The Ohio State University.

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Nicholas Seay

Nicholas Seay is a PhD student at Ohio State University

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