Welcome intrepid readers and curious travellers to our Read the World adventure - destination Kyrgyzstan. The books selected are The Day Lasts More tham a Hundred Years and Jamilia both by Chingoz Aitmatov. Myself (u/fixtheblue), u/bluebelle236, u/WanderingAngus206 and u/lazylittlelady will be guiding you through this landlocked Central Asian literary adventure.

Discussion Schedule

• 8th March - Start through Chapter 4 (u/fixtheblue)
• 15th March - Chapter 5 through Chapter 7 (u/WanderingAngus206)
• 22nd March - Chapter 8 through Chapter 9 (u/WanderingAngus206)
• 29th March - Chapter 10 through End (u/bluebelle236)
• 5th April - Jamilia - The entire book (u/lazylittlelady) ***** Incase you missed it...What is Read the World? ***** Read the World is an r/bookclub challenge to read one book from every country in the world. The countries are chosen by a randomiser (the three wheels of countries) and the books are chosen by member nomination and popular vote. The books run back to back and will all be available as translations into English. Though readers may, of course, read the book in any language they wish. The winning book must be set (or at least partially set) in the country specified, and preferably written by an author from/residing in or having had resided in the country specified. Apart from that the book may be any genre and any length. See the books we have read (and countries we have visited) so far here. Feel free to dive into the discussions because we never archive them and anyone is welcome to start reading the world with us at any time. ***** Also incase you missed it our next stop on the Read the World journey will be Guyana. Watch this space for more info coming soon. ***** Happy reading (the world) 📚🌎