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Solar Plexus : A Baku Saga in Four Parts, EPUB eBook

Solar Plexus : A Baku Saga in Four Parts EPUB

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From the Academy award winning screenplay writer of Burnt by the Sun, Solar Plexus is a compelling saga of family and friendship, love and betrayal, set against the backdrop of Azerbaijan's rapidly-changing capital, Baku, as the country struggles with the transition into a post-Soviet world. The lives of Alik, Marat, Lucky, Eldar and Seidzade are realised with rare insight and a superb eye for the bigger picture, but also with humour, and a recognition of life's absurdity that recalls writers from Bulgakov to Kundera. Ibragimbekov evokes a world of passion and honour, of proud men and hot-headed women, of great tenderness and complex humanity, where "the truth is always just one of many truths." The novel is equally a paean to the multiculturalism of Baku, and a time when a person's worth was measured by their qualities, not whether they had been born an Azeri, Russian, Jew or Armenian - a time brought to a violent end by the war with Armenia, when friends and neighbours were suddenly turned against one another, and broad-minded inclusion gave way to an exclusive and crude nationalism. Mixing heart-wrenching romance, surreal humour, complex moral dilemmas and philosophical reflection, this saga in four parts is a rich and multi-layered book that tackles big themes within the most engaging of narratives. By the time we reach the last page, we have been touched by lives that most of us would previously have been unable to imagine.

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