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230 pages, Paperback
130x190mm, Portrait

Published September 2010



ISBN-10: 1906768072
ISBN-13: 9781906768072
 
Into the Abyss
 
Lima, an educated, intelligent young Kazakh woman, is whisked away from her family and urban life by her brother, when groundless scandal surrounds her. In a backwater village, she teaches at the local school and lives with a local family, and is nudged towards an ill-advised marriage with the youngest son. Emotional and physical disaster ensue with the arrival of a young male teacher with unorthodox ideas and no care for the rigid, Soviet system of compliance to authority. This story, and its stark developments, are evoked with a smooth narrative style that is punctuated by passages of great poetic intensity, set against the fascinating background of Kazakh life and tradition.

This translation exposes Akim Tarazy, one of modern Kazakhstan's outstanding writers of fiction, to an international readership.
Akim Tarazy - AkimTarazy is a renowned novelist, playwright, screenplay writer and State Prize Laureate of the Republic of Kazakhstan. His previous work includes the novels The Road to the Black Star, Zhaza, and Moscow - Balasaz and Taszhargan, and plays such as Unfunny Comedy, Good Man, and Lucky Buken. He wrote the screenplay for Mazhit Begalin's classic film Traces Go Beyond the Horizon and is currently working with film directors Satybaldy Narymbetov and Eldar Orazbaev on a three-part film series about the life of Mustafa Shokay.