By most accounts, including a long article published in The New Yorker magazine (October 4, 1999) by Tom Reiss, Gurban Said was a name used by Lev Nussimbaum, of a rich Jewish family in Baku, who later emigrated to Vienna and then to Italy. In fact, Said knew so much about the Caucasus and its neighbors that it’s hard to call him anything but a genius. Tolerance among people with strong beliefs and ancient cultures is a very important factor in this book.

Neither one is strongly rejected by his or her family or friends. Despite the cultural differences, Ali and Nino never feel alien to each other. The love of two people,each one struggles to define his or her own identity at a time of turmoil.

I think the authour expressed his own feelings,thoughts,love and understanding of Baku, his ability to see ancient beauty in the never ending winds of Absheron. Describing Ali’s thoughts,the author speaks of his love for the dry land around Baku. The places that author described are still there,he even knew how to tell about the soft touch of the Caspian sea. The historical figures in author’s book include Fatali Khan Khoyski, a leader of the Orients first republic,which happened to be Azerbaijan, and oil baron Musa Naghiyev. The book gives reader a full picture of love and passion, war and revolution, honor and disgrace, mountains and deserts. When read with an open mind and without resorting to stereotypes, the story takes you on a fascinating and remarkably insightful journey to Baku, Tbilisi, the Karabakh, Tehran and the mountains of Dagestan. Ali and Nino’s passionate love is at the center of the book’s events, this story is more than a love story. In fact, the author knew so much about the Caucasus region and their neighbors that its hard to call him anything but a genius. I do not know what would have happened if Ali had managed to join Nino and flee the Bolsheviks in 1920,but as the author knew, Ali’s death fighting for freedom was natural, if tragic ending. Ali and Nino were both children of the Caucasus, and their love was born in the streets of Baku on the Caspian shores. This story tragically ends with the young man’s death and Russia’s occupation of the Caucasus region.

Many Azerbaijanis know the outline of the story, in which the love of Ali and Nino is surrounded by the turmoil of early 20th century.

These two names one Azerbaijani and one Georgian have a become a natural combination like Romeo and Juliet. I would like to introduce e you to a truth love story about Ali and Nino by Kurban Said.

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