Songs from the Steppes: The Poems of Makhtumkuli

Omtale

An oddity among Aldiss works – verse translations.Song from the Steppes is the collected poems of Makhtumkuli, eighteenth century poet-hero of Turkmenistan. In this book, Aldiss renders prose translations made by Dr Youssef Azemoun, an expert on Turkic languages and literature, from the original into verse.