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An unprecedented collection of women's voices from the heart of Central Asia.

From the foreword by Gabriel Mcguire: "I cannot think of anything quite like ... Amanat."

A man is arrested for a single typo, a woman gets on buses at random, and two friends reunite in a changed world.... Diverse in form, scope and style, Amanat brings together the voices of thirteen female Kazakhstani writers, to offer a glimpse into the many lives, stories, and histories of one of the largest countries to emerge from the breakup of the Soviet Union.

The twenty-four stories in Amanat, translated into English from Kazakh and Russian, comprise a groundbreaking survey of women's writing in the Central Asian...]]> Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:36:41 +0200