INTRODUCTION TO “NIGHT AND DAY” NOVEL BY CHO`LPON

Abstract

One of the members of “Nationalist” circles in early XX century Cho`lpon is well known poet with his poetry. His criticism of Soviet power through his works made him the target of denunciations at the later stage of his life. This corroded not only his young life but also delayed the fame of his poetry. One of the important pieces of his art is his “Night and Day’ novel. This incomplete book follows the terrible fate of a young Uzbek girl condemned to marry a man who was much older than her. The novel raises questions about the nature of Russian colonialism, resistance to it and objects of the author whose life was lost to Stalinist terror.