Ismoil Stories

In a small Uzbek village, three friends - Nasir the snuff seller, Dulan the feldsher, and Uroq the market loudmouth - decide to test the power of praise. What begins as...

An inspector revisits an old case buried deep in the archives-an unsolved helicopter crash in the mountains. But the more he learns, the more he realizes that truth, onc...

Anvar, a little boy in a mountain village, is ecstatic-today is the day he finally goes to the bazaar. He imagines it as a magical place filled with wonders. But even be...

The humorous novella "Urol, the Tractor, and the Donkey" paints a satirical portrait of a small Uzbek village where absurdity reigns over common sense. At its...

"The Loser Who Didn't Find the Gold" is a bright humorous story in which Ismoil Shomurodov reveals the naive dreams of the common man about easy wealth with hi...

"Parade" is a humorous short story by Ismoil Shomurodov set in the Soviet era, where a festive demonstration takes an unexpected turn. Alongside schoolchildren...