Erkin A'zam's book in English comprises two novellas, The Din and A
Tender-hearted Dwarf, and two short stories, The Writer's Garden
and A dog bit the Incomer's Daughter, which previously have been
published by the Uzbek representative office of UNESCO under the
title Farewell to Fairy Tales. The newly-translated novella
Gooli-Gooli is published for the first time. The Din follows the
career of an Uzbek playwright at a turning point in history - the
turbulent and unpredictable nineteen nineties. Farhad (Fidel)
Ramazan, a well-known screenwriter and now a big cheese in the film
industry, receives two terse yet intriguing messages from his old
friends - the famous Film Director Ravshan Akobirov and his
"girlfriend of unforgettable years" Victoria Lagutina. Snatching at
an unexpected chance (a film based on his script is to be screened
at the Moscow International Film Festival), he heads off to that
distant city where he once studied and sowed his wild oats. But his
trip becomes a journey into the past, where he comes face to face
with old agony, passion, and mistakes. In A Tender-hearted Dwarf,
the main character is a small man who has suffered all his life
because of his short stature, and now, to cap it all, he suddenly
starts to go bald. Yes, it is really bad luck for him, especially
since his appearance fails to reveal the true nature of his heart,
which is brimming with tenderness. He feels as handsome as Alain
Delon, and is prone to falling in love, inevitably and naturally,
but tragically, with tall, beautiful ladies who never reciprocate
his feelings. After numerous failed attempts, he finally resorts to
desperate measures, and miraculously becomes taller... Heirs to the
Great Sinner Sheikh San'on opens a window onto what life was like
in Uzbekistan in the recent past, and shows the reader what it
means to be an Uzbek man or woman today. As one author and critic
puts it: "Nothing is eternal in this rapidly-changing, globalized
world: time hurtles on, political systems rise and fall, the
ever-hungry din roars on, inside and out, and all this takes its
toll on each and every one of us. Only human nature and the soul
remain unshakeable - this is the main message of."
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