#essad bey

[konyvboritok]

[sayoriko]

«Nino es capaz de pasar sin transición del llanto a la risa, del odio al amor. Me había perdonado todo y me volvía a querer.»

— Kurban Said, Alí y Nino.

[sayoriko]

«Yo te quiero, y tú me quieres. Pero yo amo los bosques y los prados, y tú las montañas y las rocas y la arena, pues eres hijo del desierto. Y por eso temo, y a tu amor, a tu mundo.»

— Kurban Said,  Alí y Nino 

[ivory-blue-sky]

i have started reading the german version of this gripping biography: The Orientalist: Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life  by Tom Reiss. It´s about the live and surrounding historical events that happened around Essad Bey. So far i have read 3 chapters and i´m hoping to finish it untill friday. By then i will knew considerably more about the history of the caucasus and east europe at the beginning of the 20th century. Buzzin!!

[repinipi]

I saw now what was more important than all the wisdom of the green island. I learned that besides camels, deserts . . . besides teachers, beautiful women, and the green sea, there existed something else, the flip-side of life: money.

Lev Nussimbaum (From Tom Reiss' The Orientalist)

[ahnengalerie]

The audience shouted their huzzahs and drank champagne as the dangerous expedition started.

(12 Secrets of the Caucasus, by Essad Bey)