pickThis is my favorite novel of all times. I have given it to several people. I have reread it twice and it is about time to do so again. I admit it‘s a novel from a different time and carried special meaning for a lot of readers behind the Iron Curtain. When I read it for the first time I was not aware that 100 pages had been censored in the East German translation - too political. I have read the full book since then.
The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years was one of my favourite reads so far this year. One word of warning, there is actually very little science-fiction in this novel. It's 95% realistic and tells in flashbacks the life of Yedigei, a railway worker in a tiny station in the middle of the Kazakh desert. A lot more pages are devoted to trains than to space rockets. Not to mention Yedigei's beloved camel.
#Kazakhstan #RussianLiterature
Really enjoying The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years by Kyrgyz (formerly Soviet) author Chingiz Aitmatov. I've tried to find a photo online that fits the description of the main protagonist's magnificent camel: a huge brown and black Bactrian called Karanar. I love the way the novel blends science-fiction and descriptions of life in the Kazakh desert.
#Kazakhstan #SF #Russianliterature
Part 1 of 3: this is part of my fiction haul from today's library book sale. Such a wonderful morning. ☺️ (except I'm bummed there were no Vonnegut or Murakami novels that I saw)
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years | 
I didn't know about the censorship! 6mo