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An Autobiography like Something Out of the Arabian Nights In this lively and witty autobiography, Essad Bey, a.k.a. Lev Nussimbaum, tells us the story of his childhood in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and of his flight from the Russian Revolution in 1917, which brought him first straight through the Caucasus, then to Istanbul - where this book concludes - and finally to Berlin. When Essad Bey speaks of the people of the Caucasus and their customs so strange to us, a sort of anthropological cabinet of curiosities unfolds before our eyes, and we cannot help but be astonished. All the while, through his affectionate and sometimes openly ironic words, even the excesses of the Revolution sound like children's pranks and his hair-raising escape like an adventure novel. "Blood and Oil in the Orient" is an informative and entertaining book; in the 1930s, it was a bestseller in the U.S. and Germany.

"Essad Bey, the sickly son of an oil millionaire from Baku, Azerbaijan, receives permission from his father to spend the summer with his "milk brother" (that is, with whom he was nursed by the same Caucasian nanny) Ali Khan, passing the holiday in his home village in the wild Caucasus. So the two set out, under the custody of a wise attendant, into an archaic world in which chivalry counted more than buying power and poets were more highly regarded than princes - into a country in which, as a kind of curiosity shop of world history, all that is outlived and forgotten was loyally preserved." This is Essad Bey's second book, which was first published in English in 1931. In it the author draws upon his Oriental imaginative powers, conjuring a vast panorama of the Caucasus, its people and customs. The result is a fresh and densely atmospheric work, even if not always laying claim to scientific accuracy. Often adding a touch of imagination, the author succeeds in bringing the heart and soul of this archaic world to life, which he had himself experienced and learned to love as a child.

Essad-Bey, kränkliches Kind eines Ölbarons aus Baku, erhält von seinem Vater die Erlaubnis, den Sommer zusammen mit seinem "Milchbruder" Ali-Bey zur Erholung in dessen Heimatdorf im wilden Kaukasus zu verbringen. So machen sie sich in der Obhut eines weisen Dieners auf den Weg in jene archaische Welt, in der Ritterlichkeit mehr zählte als Wirtschaftskraft und Dichter höher angesehen waren als Fürsten - in das Land, das alles Verschollene und Vergessene wie eine Raritätensammlung der Weltgeschichte getreu konserviert hatte.Dies ist Essad-Beys zweites Buch, 1931 erstmals erschienen. In ihm entfaltet der Autor mithilfe seiner orientalischen Imaginationskraft ein groß angelegtes Panorama des Kaukasus, seiner Völker, Sitten und Bräuche. So entstand ein atmosphärisch dichtes und frisches, wenn auch nicht unbedingt wissenschaftlich akkurates Werk. Mit manch märchenhaftem Einschub gelingt es Essad Bey, Geist und Herz jener archaischen Welt lebendig werden zu lassen, die er als Kind erlebt und lieben gelernt hat.

En 1934, el escritor Essad Bey afirmaba ante un periodista americano que había ido a entrevistarlo a Viena: «Soy musulmán, monárquico y oriental.» ¿Pero quién era en verdad ese hombre insólito, que también publicaba novelas con el seudónimo de Kurban Said, que posaba vestido de príncipe oriental y decía serlo, y entre cuyos

"Essad Bey, the sickly son of an oil millionaire from Baku, Azerbaijan, receives permission from his father to spend the summer with his "milk brother" (that is, with whom he was nursed by the same Caucasian nanny) Ali Khan, passing the holiday in his home village in the wild Caucasus. So the two set out, under the custody of a wise attendant, into an archaic world in which chivalry counted more than buying power and poets were more highly regarded than princes - into a country in which, as a kind of curiosity shop of world history, all that is outlived and forgotten was loyally preserved." This is Essad Bey's second book, which was first published in English in 1931. In it the author draws upon his Oriental imaginative powers, conjuring a vast panorama of the Caucasus, its people and customs. The result is a fresh and densely atmospheric work, even if not always laying claim to scientific accuracy. Often adding a touch of imagination, the author succeeds in bringing the heart and soul of this archaic world to life, which he had himself experienced and learned to love as a child.

An Autobiography like Something Out of the Arabian Nights In this lively and witty autobiography, Essad Bey, a.k.a. Lev Nussimbaum, tells us the story of his childhood in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and of his flight from the Russian Revolution in 1917, which brought him first straight through the Caucasus, then to Istanbul - where this book concludes - and finally to Berlin. When Essad Bey speaks of the people of the Caucasus and their customs so strange to us, a sort of anthropological cabinet of curiosities unfolds before our eyes, and we cannot help but be astonished. All the while, through his affectionate and sometimes openly ironic words, even the excesses of the Revolution sound like children's pranks and his hair-raising escape like an adventure novel. "Blood and Oil in the Orient" is an informative and entertaining book; in the 1930s, it was a bestseller in the U.S. and Germany.