Jamilia

Jamilia

<div><p>“The most beautiful love story in the world.”—Louis Aragon</p><p>The Second World War is raging, and Jamilia’s husband is off fighting at the front. Accompanied by Daniyar, a sullen newcomer who was wounded on the battlefield, Jamilia spends her days hauling sacks of grain from the threshing floor to the train station in their village in the Caucasus.</p><p>Spurning men’s advances and wincing at the dispassionate letters she receives from her husband, Jamilia falls helplessly in love with the mysterious Daniyar in this heartbreakingly beautiful tale.</p><p>A classic from the award-winning Kyrgyz novelist <b>Chingiz Aitmatov</b>.</p></div>