{"product_id":"manaschi","title":"Manaschi","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eManaschi\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHamid Ismailov\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781911284574\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eTilted Axis Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2021\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e257\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Prix Jan Michalski de Littérature 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, EBRD Literature Prize 2022\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn his latest tragicomedy Hamid Ismailov interrogates the interaction between tradition and modernity, myth and reality.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA radio presenter interprets one of his dreams as an initiation by the world of spirits into the role of a Manaschi, a Kyrgyz bard and shaman who recites and performs the epic poem, Manas, and is revered as someone connected with supernatural forces. Travelling to his native mountainous village, populated by Tajiks and Kyrgyz, and unravelling his personal and national history, our hero Bekesh instead witnesses a full re-enactment of the epic's wrath. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing on from the award winning The Devils' Dance and Of Strangers and Bees, this is the third and final book in Ismailov's informal Central Asia trilogy.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Tilted Axis Press","offers":[{"title":"Manaschi | Hamid Ismailov | Paperback | 9781911284574 | New | Fiction 1700422","offer_id":50828234522882,"sku":"1700422","price":44.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71GjvOK-mgL.jpg?v=1792581316","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/manaschi","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}