'The most beautiful love story in the world.' Louis Aragon

'James Riordan has rendered Aïtmatov's prose into simple yet lyrical English.' Telegraph

'A simple and beautiful evocation of time, place and the power of love...deserves to be known as one of the world’s great and timeless love stories.'Booktrust

'A beautiful love story...the relationship that grows between Jamilia and co-worker Daniyar, a sullen soldier new to the village who has arrived wounded from the war, is subtle and beautifully developed.' The Bookseller

'An extremely brave, tremblingly vivid and skilful writer...a song that flew against the ideology of the time, showing that life is always bigger and more complicated than any superimposed schemes.' Steppe Magazine

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