August Books 14) The Orientalist
14) The Orientalist: In Search of a Man Caught Between East and West, by Tom Reiss
This is a biography of the author of Ali and Nino, the insufficiently famous great romantic novel of the South Caucasus. Although Ali and Nino was published under the pseudonym of "Kurban Said", the author was born Lev Nussimbaum, apparently on a train in 1905, and ( Read more... )
This is a biography of the author of Ali and Nino, the insufficiently famous great romantic novel of the South Caucasus. Although Ali and Nino was published under the pseudonym of "Kurban Said", the author was born Lev Nussimbaum, apparently on a train in 1905, and ( Read more... )
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The dynamite and Nobel prize was all Alfred. His brothers often worked together, and were heavily involved with Russia and oil, but Alfred didn't generally have much to do with that.
If I recall correctly. Maybe you know better, in this instance.
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