A review by solbloch
Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

4.0

A beautiful novel about life at the edge of Europe and the edge of Asia. Rich Persian Asiatic culture in the ancestral blood of Ali Khan Shirvanshir contrasted with the European liberalistic tendencies of dear Nino Kipiani. All in the highest echelons of society, the war of Czar's and Kings, eventually making it's way to the edges of the European influenced world. A great read for those who want a deeper understanding of Persian and Mohammadan culture and the region where that mixes with the Christian European influences. Touching novel, even in (perhaps even especially) in those cases where I find the Mohammadan views abhorrent.