Chingiz Aitmatov is a world-renowned writer, a classic of Russian and Kyrgyz literature, and a winner of prestigious awards. His novels and stories included in this edition—such as 'The Scaffold,' 'When Mountains Fall,' 'Jamila,' 'The White Steamship,' and 'The Piebald Dog Running Along the Edge of the Sea'—have been translated into dozens of languages. These parable-like novels have become part of world literature.