The novels and stories included in this book literally express the moral and ethic problems alarming the contemporary world including the destruction of traditions, feelings of uselessness and indifference. The writer tries to reflect the torments and suffering, the alienation problem penetrating to society's morality, through the characters in these stories, representing various social levels. The subjects and problems of the novels and stories differ, however, the author's style of view and attitude to the described events and manner of literal generalization make them closer at a certain level.
Vagif Sultanli was born in 1958. He graduated the philology department of Baku State University in 1976-1981.
Currently he is the professor of the Modern Azerbaijani Literature chair of the Baku State University.
He worked as a journalist in the literary programs of Azerbaijani offices of “Liberty and Free Europe” radio of USA in 1995-1998. He was the chief editor of “Khudaferin” journal (1995-1996) published in Poland and “Araz” journal (1996-1997) published in Sweden.
At the moment he is the editor-in-chief of the “Philologial researches” compilation (since 1996) and “World Azerbaijanis” journal (since 2002) which is published in USA. He has published more than 20 books of novels, short stories, literary criticism and essays.
Some books:
Slave bazaar (short stories) Death dream (novel) Desert war (novel) The Human sea (novel) The valley of nothingness (short stories) Azerbaijan emigration literature (literary criticism) Literary illustrations (essays) The horizons of freedom (essays)