Dagestan – The Modern Novel

Alisa Ganieva: Жених и невеста (Bride and Groom)

18 December 2017 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Alisa Ganieva‘s Жених и невеста (Bride and Groom). As the title tells us, the story is, to a great extent, about marriage. Patya and Marat are both from the same town in Dagestan, though they do not know one another. Both are working in Moscow at the beginning … Read more

Alisa Ganieva: Праздничная гора (The Mountain and the Wall)

15 August 201515 June 2015 by tmn

The latest addition to my website is Alisa Ganieva‘s Праздничная гора (The Mountain and the Wall), a novel from Dagestan. Dagestan is a republic which is still part of Russia and next door to Chechnya. The Chechen war has spilled over into Dagestan. As an Islamic republic, like Chechnya, there is a rise in Islamisation, … Read more