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Jenny (Reading Envy)
Nov 10, 2021 marked it as did-not-finish  ·  review of another edition
Did not finish because it's written by a pair of scholars who are neither from Azerbaijan nor are they Muslim, making this not as eligible for my Around the World reading as I'd like. It's been on my tbr shelf almost ten years but now I will donate it onward. I found too much to be cringeworthy in the first 50 pages. I can see why the melodrama made it appealing to readers prior to WWII, the same people who flocked to Casablanca. ...more
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Maude
Mar 22, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
I thought this was a lovely book and held my interest all the way through. Understanding the different nationalities set in this Asia town is key to what will, in time, set the world on fire. In the Imperial Russian Humanistic High School of Baku, Transcaucasia, there are thirty Mohammedans, four Armenians, two Poles, three Sectarians, and one Russian.

Our two main characters come from different backgrounds: Ali Khan is in love 'with the most beautiful girl in the world, Nino Kipiani". And while ...more
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Erma Odrach
Mar 29, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
A timeless love story between an Islamic boy and a beautiful Christian girl set in Azerbaijan in the early 1900's. ...more
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David
Mar 11, 2009 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Janine
Jul 21, 2009 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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