Ali and Nino: A Love Story (Paperback)

from Ameise1

What a beautiful sad story. It's like a chapter from the stories of 'One Thousand and One Nights'. Ali and Nino grow up in Baku. Both come from wealthy 'noble families', although the differences could not be greater. Ali is a Muslim and Nino is a Christian. Ali stands for the Asian, the desert an...

from allthesedarnbooks

I had a hard time getting into the first few chapters of this book, but I stuck with it, and I'm glad that I did. Around the middle, the story picks up and starts to get breathlessly exciting, and beautiful descriptions of cultures and places. The story mainly takes place in Daku, Azerbeijan, but...

from BookConcierge

This interesting look at love between a Muslim man and a Christian girl is downright prophetic. It is set in 1917-1918, was written in 1937, and it still rings true today. The clash of culture and religion was well laid out.

from owenre

Enjoyed the bittersweet story, really liked the historical setting since there isn't a great deal of good fiction about this time and place. The book was written in 1937 and the issues facing Azerbaijan had some parallels with the East/West dichotomy.

from jonfaith

Two years ago I was going to buy The Orientalist for my friend Tim, the owner of the now defunct Booklore siad, oh, we also have acopy of Ali and nino in presently. i looked at him rather blankly. He then elaborated on the significanc eof such corresponding iwth the book I presently held, ready t...