“Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the same rise, right above the water? Everything was the same. The blue-and-white waves ran up the… — Chingiz Aitmatov Copy Share Image
“Oh, Issyk-Kul, my Issyk-Kul--my unfinished song! Why did I have to remember that day when I came here with Asel and stopped on the… — Chingiz Aitmatov Copy Share Image
“Nothing but water -- an ever-moving swell; nothing but waves, swiftly forming and instantly dying; nothing but depths; dark, fathomless depths; and nothing but… — Chingiz Aitmatov Copy Share Image
“The only thing I'll never have is what I have lost for ever and ever... As long as I live, until I draw my… — Chingiz Aitmatov Copy Share Image