Zuleikha, quiet and obedient Muslim wife, is living with her abusive husband and despotic mother-in-law in a remote Tatar village in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. Not towards a subject of love, but towards love itself. This author is a master at painting an image of the world as it was then. Zuleikha (Russian: Зулейха́ открыва́ет глаза́, Zuleihka otkrivaet glaza [Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes]) is a debut novel written in 2015 by the Russian author Guzel Yakhina.It describes the lives of various people, including the titular protagonist, struggling to survive in exile in Siberia from 1930 to 1946. Among the victims is a young Tatar family: the husband murdered, the wife exiled to Siberia. In a small Tartar village, a woman named Zuleikha watches as her husband is murdered by communists.

Below is the current state of the Deep Space network as established from available data updated every 5 seconds. ', 10 Bloomsbury Street © 2016 Oneworld Publications. ', 'There's something that Guzel Yakhina succeeds in transmitting with an amazing, sharp exactness: a woman's attitude towards love. This website requires cookies to provide all of its features. Like many kids around the world, Tania’s school in Bangladesh is closed, so she studies at home. ', ‘Written in a rich and highly visual prose... Zuleikha's story is one of injustice and pain, but also of a woman's emancipation and renewal. ', 'Guzel Yakhina's novel hits the heart. Yakhina herself has said that the novel is about how Zuleikha wakes up, opens her eyes to the world, and finds happiness, albeit a bitter one. Another is, again, Yakhina’s ability to use a simple structure and language to tell her story, all as she plants details that will have meaning later in the book. Enter E-mail and we will send information about Title, C. Khamatova, S. Makovetsky, E. Shevchenko, Y. Peresild. The year is 1930. Zuleikha was brilliantly played by a famous Russian actress Chulpan Khamatova. The year is 1930. This tale of a woman who holds onto compassion while enduring atrocity also features cinematic narration and intricate plot construction.
', ‘While many writers have attempted to comprehend Soviet history's darkest moment, Yakhina finds a way to make it new. Zuleikha… The year is 1930. Zuleikha, quiet and obedient Muslim wife, is living with her abusive husband and despotic mother-in-law in a remote Tatar village in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. ', ‘Yakhina's prose can be exquisite, especially in sequences such as the one where Zuleikha watches prisoners escaping from the train… It is Zuleikha's perspective and the way in which she adapts that capture our attention. Winner of the 2015 Russian Booker prize, this debut novel draws heavily on the first-person account of the author's grandmother, a Gulag survivor. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. Zuleikha, the 'pitiful hen', is living in the home of her brutal husband and despotic mother-in-law in a small Tatar village. Peasant Zuleyhu, along with hundreds of other immigrants sent in a wagon-wagon train on an eternal convict route to Siberia. All Rights Reserved. This week Rossiya1 channel has been airing the series "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes," based on the novel of the same name written by Guzel Yakhina and published in 2015. A screen version of the best-selling novel by Guzel Yakhina.

This is her story of survival and eventual triumph. The unexpected birth of a son.. and her transformation from a passive to a powerful protagonist is one of the joys of Yakhina's work.

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', 'It is 1930 in the Soviet Union and Josef Stalin's dekulakization programme has found its pace. You must have JavaScript enabled in your browser to utilize the functionality of this website.