Publisher's Synopsis
In rural Kyrgystan during World War 2, the lonely and restless Jamilia, whose indifferent husban is fighting at the front, meets Daniyar, an eigmatic stranger recently returned from battle. As much a coming of age as a love story, it is narrated from the unusual perspective of Seit, Jamilia's teenage brother-in -law whose job it is to watch over her. Torn between his duty to protect his family's honour and his joy at the way Jamilia and Daniyar make the world come alive for him, Seit describes their forbidden relationship and the beautiful but unforviging environment in which they live with sparse but unforgetable detail. A gorgeous and unique little book.
