The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years is Chingiz Aitmatov's novel, first serialised in Russian in the magazine Novy Mir in 1980. Set at a remote railway halt on the Kazakh steppe near a cosmodrome, it follows one day's funeral journey. An English translation followed in 1983.
- Editions tracked
- 1
- First published
- Novy Mir (magazine serialisation), 1980
- First UK edition
- Macdonald, 1983
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Mankurt film, 1990
In print
- Editions recorded
- 6 on Open Library, 5 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 17 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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We track 1 edition of The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years been adapted?
Yes, including Mankurt (film, 1990), according to Wikidata.
When was The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years first published?
The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years by Chingiz Aitmatov was first published in 1980.
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