And the Day Lasts More Than a Century

And the day lasts more than a century – one of the most popular novels by Chinghiz Aitmatov. The main character is Yedigey, a switchman at the Boranly-Buranny railway junction. On either side of the railway in these harsh lands lie endless steppes, and here, besides the main character, lives only his best friend – Kazangap. When Kazangap dies, Yedigey decides to bury him at the old Ana-Beyit cemetery – Mother’s Rest – shrouded in numerous legends and tales. However, at the site of the cemetery, where many generations of his ancestors rest, a cosmodrome surrounded by barbed wire has already been built with a guard at the gate… And the day lasts more than a century – a complexly composed novel that intertwines myth and reality, present and past.