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• W287325038 abstract "Sands of the Oxus: Boyhood Reminiscences of Sadriddin Aini, Tr. by John R. Perry and Rachel Lehr. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 1998. ix + 219 pages. Append. to p. 252. Gloss. to p. 267. Bib]. to p. 275. $24,95. Reviewed by James A Clark No individual was more influential in shaping the modem language and literature of the Tajiks of Central Asia than the intellectual and writer Sadriddin Aini (1878 -1954). His life spanned the pre-Bolshevik era (when the region remained a medieval backwater of the Russian empire) and the transformations that occurred during the first three decades of the Soviet period. When, in the 1940s, he finally decided to pen his memoirs, Aini did so in order to explain to a new Soviet generation the extent and necessity for these changes. As he writes, just as no-one can fully appreciate life today-Soviet socialist life-unless he has actually experienced the old days, so too no one who has not truly experienced life under the Soviet socialist system-especially literary life-and made this lifestyle truly his own, can realistically describe life as it was under out-and-out feudalism. (p. 29) This book, a translation of the first of three parts of these memoirs or remembrances (yaddashtha), which cover the period of Aini's childhood up to the time he went to study in Bukhara at the age of 12, offers a rare and valuable insight into the pre-revolutionary status of Central Asian society and culture. Aini, who grew up in a small village north of Bukhara on the fringes of the Qo-Qo steppe, relates the community's constant struggle with their harsh environment: a devastating sandstorm that covered entire buildings, the digging of a new canal to convey life-sustaining water, and the ravages of disease (the onset of which eventually took the lives of most of his immediate family). Yet, Aini also relates lighter moments, including his visit to a halva factory, his exciting first visits to a fair and to the city of Bukhara. Therein, he gives us remarkable glimpses into people's daily lives, such as the elopement of a young couple, Ami's own experience with fasting during Ramadan, and a description of his circumcision ceremony. Aside from these accounts, there are numerous others that fill out a picture of the traditional structure of village and family life, customs, professions, and the lives and roles of various individuals. All of these are presented as short stories, or vignettes, and thus reflect Aim's style of fictional writing. Aini's skillful story-telling makes it easy to overlook his expressed aim of representing the feudal structure of the pre-Bolshevik period. Nevertheless, interspersed among the stories are several accounts of injustice and abuse committed by officials and notables against the populace that hint at why the author later became a member of the jadid movement (which advocated reform and modernization). …" @default.
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