Manaschi

In his latest tragicomedy Hamid Ismailov interrogates the intersection between tradition and modernity. A former radio-presenter wrongly interprets one of his dreams and thinks that he has been initiated into the world of spirits as a manaschi, one of the Kyrgyz bards and healers reciting Manas - the longest human epic, consisting nearly of a million verses - who are revered as people who are connected with supernatural forces. Travelling to a mountainous village populated by Tajiks and Kyrgyzs, he instead witnesses the full scale of the epic''s wrath on his life. Following on from the award-winning The Devils'' Dance and Of Strangers and Bees, this is the third and final book in Ismailov''s Central Asia trilogy.

• | Author: Hamid Ismailov, Donald Rayfield
• | Publisher: Tilted Axis Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2021
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781911284574
• | ISBN-10: 1911284576