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Ali and Nino : A Love Story by Said, Kurban is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Ali and Nino : A Love Story about?
From the author of The Girl from the Golden Horn , a novel of the enduring love between childhood friends divided by war & their separate cultures. First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet . Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war. It is the eve of World War I in Baku, Azerbaijan, a city on the edge of the Caspian Sea, poised precariously between east and west. Ali Khan Shirvanshir, a Muslim schoolboy from a proud, aristocratic family, has fallen in love with the beautiful and enigmatic Nino Kipiani, a Christian girl with distinctly European sensibilities. To be together they must overcome blood feud and scandal, attempt a daring horseback rescue, and travel from the bustling street of oil-boom Baku, through starkly beautiful deserts and remote mountain villages, to the opulent palace of Ali's uncle in neighboring Persia. Ultimately the lovers are drawn back to Baku, but when war threatens their future, Ali is forced to choose be
Who reads Ali and Nino : A Love Story?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Said, Kurban
- Publisher
- The Overlook Press
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781468314403
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.91 / 5 (40 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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