Akram Aylisli’s requiem novel “Stone Dreams” is not just a literary text, it is an exceptionally courageous act of a writer - a true patriot, who is not afraid to speak the bitter truth for the sake of the honor and dignity of his people. Said by a compatriot, whose love for his homeland no one can doubt, it is especially necessary and useful. Useful for everyone - Russians, Armenians, Georgians, Serbs and Albanians, Arabs and Israelis - everyone painfully searching for a common language. “There must be repentance on both sides, and on both sides people must overcome hatred within themselves. This is the main, bleeding theme of Aylisli’s novel, writes Lev Anninsky in his review (see DN, 2011, No. 12). (...) Is there an end to this misfortune? Is it impossible to live without mixing, without touching, without contact on these heavenly patches of earth, among the mountains inhabited by jackals and snakes? It is forbidden. Diffusion is inevitable. Because of love, other than which young people on both sides will not want to know anything. Because of the half-breeds born from this love. Because of the general feeling that peoples cannot escape from each other, cannot hide, cannot hide. ...)What should a writer do who can neither remain silent nor lower his voice? Or even do what Akram Aylisli does, standing up to hatred.”