The White Ship

Chingiz Aitmatov (1928–2008) is a world-famous Kyrgyz writer, the author of many works centered on the human being in the modern world. Weaving mythology into real life in Ch. Aitmatov’s works creates a special, unmistakable authorial style and helps express more precisely the moral problems tormenting a person.

The philosophical novella-parable “The White Ship” measures a person’s moral value through concern for the world. Based on the legend of humanity’s common origin and the story of deer, intertwining fairy tale and reality, it warns that a person’s hand should not be raised against their younger brothers. But in real life, violating the law of unity between human and nature brings an inescapable fate of misfortune upon people.