The Day Lasts More than a Hundred Years
15 hrs. 34 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Chingiz Aitmatov
Author
Chingiz Aitmatov
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Narrator
Konstantin Korolkov
Description
A dramatic novel by Aitmatov about friendship.
“And Longer Than a Century the Day Goes On” is one of the most popular novels by Chingiz Aitmatov.
The main character is Edigei, a switchman at the Boralny-Buranny rail junction. On either side of the railway in these harsh lands lie boundless steppes, and besides the main character, only his best friend Kazangap lives there. When Kazangap dies, Edigei decides to bury him at the old Ana-Beyit cemetery—“the Mother’s Remembrance”—shrouded in many legends and tales. But at the place where the cemetery rests, among the many generations of his ancestors, a spaceport has already been built, enclosed with barbed wire, with a guard at the gate…
“And Longer Than a Century the Day Goes On” is a compositionally complex novel that intertwines myth and reality, the present and the past.
“And Longer Than a Century the Day Goes On” is one of the most popular novels by Chingiz Aitmatov.
The main character is Edigei, a switchman at the Boralny-Buranny rail junction. On either side of the railway in these harsh lands lie boundless steppes, and besides the main character, only his best friend Kazangap lives there. When Kazangap dies, Edigei decides to bury him at the old Ana-Beyit cemetery—“the Mother’s Remembrance”—shrouded in many legends and tales. But at the place where the cemetery rests, among the many generations of his ancestors, a spaceport has already been built, enclosed with barbed wire, with a guard at the gate…
“And Longer Than a Century the Day Goes On” is a compositionally complex novel that intertwines myth and reality, the present and the past.
