Jamilia (1958) (edit title/settings)

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Characters/People edit see section history

• Jamilia: The central female character. A young enthusiastic hardworking woman.
• Daniyar: A young soldier wounded in the battlefield who returns to his village stay. The central male figure of the story. Daniyar is a strange introverted young fellow with a rare gift of melodious voice to sing.

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• “And suddenly I understood his strangeness which made people shrug and smile--his dreaminess, his love of solitude, his silences. I understood why he spent his evenings on the look-out hill and his nights alone on the river bank, why he was constantly listening to sounds inaudible to others, and why his eyes would suddenly sparkle and his usually drawn eyebrows twitch. This was a person who was deeply in love. And I felt that this was not merely love for another person; this was different, it was a tremendous love--of life, of the earth. Yes, he kept this love within himself, in his music--it was his guiding light. An indifferent person could never have sung as he did, no matter how great his voice.”

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Chingiz Aitmatov (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

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• Dewey: 791.7344

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• IMDB: The information of the movie Jamila (1994) based on the story.
• Chingiz Aitmatov's Corner: Contribution of Bashiri Working Papers to an understanding of the works of Chingiz Aitmatov. You may read the story online here.