Manaschi

Finalist, Prix Jan Michalski de Littérature 2023Shortlisted, EBRD Literature Prize 2022In his latest tragicomedy Hamid Ismailov interrogates the interaction between tradition and modernity, myth and reality.A radio presenter interprets one of his dreams as an initiation by the world of spirits into the role of a Manaschi, a Kyrgyz bard and shaman who recites and performs the epic poem, Manas, and ...