About this title: 'In the steppe near Tashkent, they came upon a never-ending ladder with wooden rungs and iron rails and that stretched across the earth from horizon to horizon...Whistling and thundering, a snake-like wonder hurtled past them, packed both on the inside and on top with infidels shouting and waving their hands. "The End of the World!" thought both Mahmud-Hodja the Sunni and Djebral the Shiite.' Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, "The Railway" introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 05/07/2007
ISBN-13:9780099466130ISBN:0099466139
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 05/07/2007
ISBN-13:9780099466130ISBN:0099466139
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Date Published: 02/03/2006
ISBN-13:9781843431619ISBN:1843431610
Description: Used-Good. Book in good or better condition. Dispatched same day from warehouse. Please email with any questions for quick response. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780099466130ISBN:0099466139
Description: New. Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It chronicles the dramatic changes felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: VINTAGE UK
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780099466130ISBN:0099466139
Description: New. Rich, surreal and picaresque, The Railway introduces us to the people of the small town of Gilas, Uzbekistan on the ancient Silk Route. This unique picture of a little-known land chronicles the dramatic changes that occurred in Central Asia in the la... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781843431619ISBN:1843431610
Description: New. Set in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It also chronicles the dramatic changes felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: HARVILL PR
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9781843431619ISBN:1843431610
Description: New. Uzbekistan, 1916-60: A vibrant and surreal satire set in a small town on the ancient Silk Route. The town and its railway station see a plethora of characters: Mullahs, Bolsheviks, Uzbeks, Persians, Jews, Koreans, Tartars and gypsies, all in turn lea... read more
Description: New. Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this compelling novel introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. Among those whose stories we hear are Mefody-Jurisprudence, the town's alcoholic intellectual; Father Ioann, a Russian priest; Kara-Musayev the Younger, the chief of police; and Umarali ... read more
Description: Good. Same day dispatch. Withdrawn ex library copy has had the flyleaf removed, a withdrawn stamp to first page and a number to the spine. This plastic backed copy has been lightly read and would be described as very good without the library markings. read more
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