Nurpeisov Abdi-Jamil. Final respects

New York: Lіberty Pub. House, 2013. — 411 p. — ISBN: 978-1-932-686-96-8"Final Respects" is about people standing face-to face with one of the world's most devastating man-made ecological disasters - the tragedy of the shrinking and dying Aral Sea. The dramatic lives of two childhood friends eloquently unfold as they find themselves on opposite sides of the issues surrounding this awful catastrophe. New seeds of evil corrupt the souls of yesterday's nomads in their modern environment: ruthlessness, ambitious careerism, unbridled pursuit of profits, ideology, demagogy and deceit. The conflict between these friends, now separated by education and their social milieus also entails their rivalry for the love of the same woman.