{"product_id":"stone-dreams-by-akram-aylisli-9781644699133","title":"Stone Dreams","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmid ethnic violence, political corruption, and petty professional intrigue, an artist tries to live free of lies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet during the last years of the Soviet Union, \u003cem\u003eStone Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Azerbaijani actor Sadai Sadygly, who lands in a Baku hospital while trying to protect an elderly Armenian man from a gang of young Azerbaijanis. Something of a modern-day Don Quixote, Sadai has long battled the hatred and corruption he observes in contemporary Azerbaijani society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWandering in and out of consciousness, he revisits his hometown, the ancient village of Aylis, where Christian Armenians and Muslim Azeris once lived peacefully together, and dreams of making a pilgrimage of atonement to Armenia. \u003cem\u003eStone Dreams\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing, painful meditation on the ability of art and artists—of individual human beings—to make change in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47537028399340,"sku":"9781644699133","price":34.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2d7912d663279cd30aaa6102a7629cd8.jpg?v=1776902889","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/stone-dreams-by-akram-aylisli-9781644699133","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}