Novel
Aýgytly ädim
Not translated into English
Berdi Kerbabayev · 1940
Synopsis
In the village of Goşa, near Tejen, at the beginning of the twentieth century, the poor farmer Artyk loves Aýna, but the girl's father judges him too poor, and Bally, son of the wealthy Halnazar-bay, covets her. The requisitions of the war of 1914 strike the village. When the revolution overthrows the tsar, Eziz-khan raises partisans against Bolshevik power, and Artyk follows him, while Russians who have come to Tejen, among them the railwayman Ivan Chernychov, speak of justice; little by little, he discovers the brutality of his leader.
Context
The first book was published in 1940, the second in 1947, and a third followed in 1955. According to Yakup Sarıkaya, the author revised the text over the course of the editions, taking into account the criticisms of supporters of the regime; the narrative covers the years 1916 to 1920. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia regards it as the first novel of Soviet Turkmen literature. Alty Garlyýew made from it in 1965, at the Turkmenfilm studios, a film of nearly three hours, which bears the same title.
Who it is for
In Turkmen, translated into Russian and German; a long novel of official character, which the context of the Sovietisation of Central Asia helps the reader to understand.
Prizes and reception
State Prize of the Soviet Union in 1948; the film Garlyýew made from it received the Magtymguly State Prize of the Turkmen Republic in 1966.
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