Hamid Ismailov
Books and literary traditions in the Volumain atlas.
Books in the world atlas
The Railway
The inhabitants of the Uzbek town of Gilas form a many-voiced story of the twentieth century.
In the atlas: Uzbekistan
The Dead Lake
An encounter with a young violinist reveals a child’s life near a nuclear testing ground.
In the atlas: Uzbekistan
The Devils’ Dance
The imprisoned Abdulla Qodiriy imagines a lost novel about nineteenth-century Turkestan.
In the atlas: Uzbekistan
Of Strangers and Bees
An exiled writer follows Avicenna’s traces through a narrative joining historical eras and displacement.
In the atlas: Uzbekistan
Gaia, Queen of Ants
Three expatriates in England are linked by memories of violence, dependence and Soviet power.
In the atlas: Uzbekistan