What is the best contemporary literature this region has to offer, Yea Forums?
What is the best contemporary literature this region has to offer, Yea Forums?
Logan Gutierrez
Carter Baker
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Nathaniel Thomas
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Isaiah Perez
so like Kim Kardashian?
Bentley Nelson
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Ryan Martin
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Isaac Murphy
Can anyone there even read?
Ryder Ortiz
It's an intellectual wasteland.
Northern Caucasus in particular is IQ80-landia. I am pretty sure they didn't know what writing was until late XIX century perhaps, barely 50 years after converting to Islam. Supposedly the proto-Chechens were a normal sedentary folk back in century XIII, under Alan suzerainity-protection and Georgian Orthodox influence. but Mongol and Nogay invasions genocided them on the plains so hard only inbred retards up in the mountain hideouts remained. Same with every other people in the northern mountains there. They didn't knew the outside world existed until the Russian Empire finally subdued the Nogays in early XIX century as a side objective while trying to trade with Georgia, so they could finally venture down to plains without getting buttraped by a gang of not-Mongols.
The Georgians had one shot at literature in their entire history, written in Middle Persian 800 years ago about an Indian prince and his adventures in Arabia. Everything but not Georgia, it seems.
The (Medieval) Armenians actually have had a literary culture, but much like the Modern Greeks nobody cares for their output now.
The Azeris are just Utians and Persians LARPing as Turks. They grow pekan nuts and make interesting pilaf, I guess, but literature is outside their interests.
Asher White
John Green
Seconded
She’s ugly inside and out. Plastic surgery ruins a pretty face
You an Armenian girl?
Read a book about the region called Ghosts of Freedom. Can’t recall the author mentioning any literature. The Color of Pomegranates is about famous poet Sayat Nova
>It's an intellectual wasteland
Christianity for ya.
Logan Ward
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Elijah Carter
>Christianity leads to lack to intellectual work
How does if feel being seething tipper?
Evan Cook
>The Georgians had one shot at literature in their entire history, written in Middle Persian 800 years ago about an Indian prince and his adventures in Arabia. Everything but not Georgia, it seems.
You couldn't be more wrong, believe it or not but it was written in Georgian.
Luis Myers
Stealing the Moon by Konstantine Gamsakhurdia
Alexander Collins
Arbi Mamakayev, Tarkosvky-approved
Caleb Reyes
**I, Rust’haveli, have composed this work** by my art....
16 **This Persian tale, now done into Georgian**, has hitherto been like a pearl of great price cast in play from hand to hand.
You see, in the very beginning.
Levi Clark
If I recall correctly, they were still collecting fragments and versions of the Nart-epic, one of the oldest epic-poems in existence.
(though my source is close to 20 years old)
Carson Wilson
Hi, glad you asked, I'm Georgian. This is not really contemporary, but late 19th to mid 20th century. I don't know if there are many translations, but I recommend anything written by Vazha-Pshavela, it is a completely different universe. Another good author is Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, his The Right Hand of the Grand Master is a great one. The last one is Goderdzi Chokheli, one of my favourite authors, but less known to the masses.
I might be biased but Georgian literature of the 19th and 20th centuries is very underrated both by Georgians and foreigners, because it is very unique, many authors incorporate elements of paganism (not in a larping fashion, but sincerely) and a system of thinking that might be foreign to the West.
No, it was written in Georgian, but the style is somewhat similar to the Persian style.
Easton Wright
>>It's an intellectual wasteland
>Christianity for ya.
The place is litteraly 70% Islamic
Christopher Young
Them too. Good enough point. All the major faiths, including Leninism.
But it is poverty of means and mind that drain decent art
Brandon Thomas
Do you know if this stuff is available in English or Russian?
Oliver Howard
Hairy, brown, ugly.
Justin Garcia
Jacob Ross
They’re often very curvaceous and quite lovely, really
Christian Butler
There are translations of his works, however quality of most translations isn't best and there aren't many available online. This one is very nice though. poetryintranslation.com
Benjamin White
My wife is Circassian ... worth reading up on their history and exploitation in 19th century.
Op also check out the Nart Sagas. It’s their folk tale tradition and similar to the Kalevala.
Bentley Stewart
What was the Hemingway story with the hot Armenian slut?