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4.14 AVERAGE
4.14 AVERAGE
Zouleikha is a muslim woman who lives in Tatarstan, who also speaks a turkic language: welcome to Russia’s not much known ethnic republics, which have always fascinated me. Take this and imagine her in the 1930s, condemned for being a kulak (farmer who choses to keep his land despite collectivisation under the new soviet regime). The book follows her journey in exile in Siberia as well as everyone who takes the journey with her, from her settlement in the camp, to her giving birth, and the years spent there. The last hundreds of pages are way too long, but the last three pages made me want to cry, like really. Anyways it was great, I keep learning more and more about the USSR and now with contemporary Russian littérature. If it was just not for the long boring 100 pages or so in the middle.
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Con este libro he pasado por varias fases: mucho interés al inicio, para sentirme muy desconectada a ratos, lo cual me provocó dificultades para continuar con la lectura. Finalmente, volví a conectar hacia el final y menudo final… qué bello y qué bien escrito, que delicia de narración de esa marcha de Yusuf, me quedo con el corazón encogido.
Y en cuanto a Zuleijá, qué manera de abrir los ojos al mundo, ¡muy recomendable!
Y en cuanto a Zuleijá, qué manera de abrir los ojos al mundo, ¡muy recomendable!
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
emotional
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
“People experience a burning for something: that’s what feelings are about. And if those feelings are gone, what’s the point in clinging to the embers?”
Zuleikha follows a stubborn Tatar woman with green eyes as she is exiled from her village, along with her clan, to Siberia. The villagers being arrested take up pitchforks, axes and rifles. “It’s a genuine warfront!” And whose going to enlist in Siberia without putting up a fight? They navigate through the Taiga, were Dekulakized and sent to Angara, and end up in Leningrad. They had missed Moscow completely, but they’re not in Siberia! Along the way, Zuleikha gives birth to a son, and must navigate the steppe with a newborn, being fed meagre rations of bread or crackers and relying on the help of friends to meet somewhere at a fulfilling point at the end of the road- Home. That’s where they want to be. But Zuleikha, home is where the Vampire Hag lives. Ignatov, her baby daddy, was in command of transporting the prisoners to Siberia. And he’s doing it badly.
Kuznets stirs up some agitation in the barracks. They start creating agitational art. They’re afraid of the f*scists, and who isn’t? But Ukraine actually thought the Germans to be their liberators from the subjugation of the USSR. They make it to Leningrad, it’s not cold and they can hunt. I rather thought the hunt as something I myself take up when I deliver Uber. I’m on the hunt for deliveries and the spoils of the hunt are some easy pocket money.
Yuzuf’s favorite story is the magical bird Semrug. The story of Semrug in ‘the Valley of Confusion’ - “which was shaken by thunderstorms night and day, and truth and untruth were muddled.” Is like the story Philip Pullman told in the amber spyglass. Years have flown by between 1939 and 1945… Yuzuf too has taken up painting, influenced by Kuznet’s agitational art. It’s not as hard as it was in the war. Zuleikha has aged. Yuzuf is a man now and his father Ignatov has aged. Her hands have weathered, her face wrinkled. Everything they once knew has been uprooted. Sometimes tearing up the roots is the only way to be free. #zuleikha #guzelyakhina
Zuleikha follows a stubborn Tatar woman with green eyes as she is exiled from her village, along with her clan, to Siberia. The villagers being arrested take up pitchforks, axes and rifles. “It’s a genuine warfront!” And whose going to enlist in Siberia without putting up a fight? They navigate through the Taiga, were Dekulakized and sent to Angara, and end up in Leningrad. They had missed Moscow completely, but they’re not in Siberia! Along the way, Zuleikha gives birth to a son, and must navigate the steppe with a newborn, being fed meagre rations of bread or crackers and relying on the help of friends to meet somewhere at a fulfilling point at the end of the road- Home. That’s where they want to be. But Zuleikha, home is where the Vampire Hag lives. Ignatov, her baby daddy, was in command of transporting the prisoners to Siberia. And he’s doing it badly.
Kuznets stirs up some agitation in the barracks. They start creating agitational art. They’re afraid of the f*scists, and who isn’t? But Ukraine actually thought the Germans to be their liberators from the subjugation of the USSR. They make it to Leningrad, it’s not cold and they can hunt. I rather thought the hunt as something I myself take up when I deliver Uber. I’m on the hunt for deliveries and the spoils of the hunt are some easy pocket money.
Yuzuf’s favorite story is the magical bird Semrug. The story of Semrug in ‘the Valley of Confusion’ - “which was shaken by thunderstorms night and day, and truth and untruth were muddled.” Is like the story Philip Pullman told in the amber spyglass. Years have flown by between 1939 and 1945… Yuzuf too has taken up painting, influenced by Kuznet’s agitational art. It’s not as hard as it was in the war. Zuleikha has aged. Yuzuf is a man now and his father Ignatov has aged. Her hands have weathered, her face wrinkled. Everything they once knew has been uprooted. Sometimes tearing up the roots is the only way to be free. #zuleikha #guzelyakhina
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
Voi kommunismi, voi Neuvostoliitto, voi ihminen, mitä teet! Voi ihminen, mihin pystyt! Mutta myös: voi ihminen, mihin kaikkeen selviämiseen ja muutokseen pystyt...!
Suleika on tataarinainen, jonka aviomies murhataan ja joka karkoitetaan Siperiaan. Suleika on alistettu, voimaton musliminainen, joka joutuu kyseenalaistamaan ja hylkäämään kaiken vanhan ja opitun, mikä pitää hänestä kiinni. Suleika on nainen, jonka sisältä löytyy voima ja joka avaa silmänsä. Olosuhteista, työmäärästä, hengissäpysymistaisteluista huolimatta Suleika löytää jonkinlaisen onnen, rakkaudenkin.
Aivan hirveää oli lukea, millaista lähihistoriaa meillä on! Millaisia kohtaloita. Mutta jokin toivo ja katkera onni tässä kuitenkin oli.
Tämä oli vaikuttava kirja.
Suleika on tataarinainen, jonka aviomies murhataan ja joka karkoitetaan Siperiaan. Suleika on alistettu, voimaton musliminainen, joka joutuu kyseenalaistamaan ja hylkäämään kaiken vanhan ja opitun, mikä pitää hänestä kiinni. Suleika on nainen, jonka sisältä löytyy voima ja joka avaa silmänsä. Olosuhteista, työmäärästä, hengissäpysymistaisteluista huolimatta Suleika löytää jonkinlaisen onnen, rakkaudenkin.
Aivan hirveää oli lukea, millaista lähihistoriaa meillä on! Millaisia kohtaloita. Mutta jokin toivo ja katkera onni tässä kuitenkin oli.
Tämä oli vaikuttava kirja.