Britney Spears, QazaQ Bride

By Kanat Malim

This story is written as a synopsis for a film featuring pop princess Britney Spears. The idea for an adaptation is now being discussed by film producers. The story opens on the Qazaq steppes, with Ataq, the hero of the novel, and his elderly mother, Aina Apa riding a horse caravan to their winter home.
In a snow-covered valley they find a woman wounded from a fall with a parachute. Because she suffered numerous contusions and a concussion from the fall, the young woman has lost her memory. She is cared for by these good strangers after a shaman in that area treats her for 3 days. Over time the girl recovers physically, but her memory does not return.
Britney becomes the star of Qazaq steppes and eventually Ataq becomes a star before the American people.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Kanat Malim
• Release date: Jan 8, 2018
• ISBN: 9781547507313

Book preview

1. Stranger from the sky

One winter day somewhere in the steppes of Qazaqstan, a man between 25 and 30 years old and his elderly mother were making their winter migration in a horse-drawn cart.

Everywhere it was white upon white; deep powdery snow lay all around.

Suddenly they noticed a woman lying in the snow with an open parachute nearby.

Upon coming closer, they see that she is alive, but with numerous bruises and her head is bleeding.

Not wanting to leave her to freeze to death, they take the woman with them.

Two or three days pass.

The young woman awakens and sees a frightening man leaning over her. He is a shaman who is circling around her, doing a magic ritual.

She tries to stand up and realizes that her right leg is broken. Her thoughts are confused; she tries to remember where she came from and how she ended up here...

In time it becomes apparent that the fall caused the young woman to lose her memory.

Out of all the things the strangers say to her, the only thing she understands is that the guy’s name is Ataq and the elderly woman is Aina Apa. She can’t even remember her own name.

Listening to her talk, Aina Apa and her son realize that she’s not Russian and speaks English.

Recognizing the desperation of her current situation, the girl obediently accepts food and drinks the milk that Aina Apa gives her with a smile.

A week passes and still she can’t remember anything.

She lies on an iron bed in a round room. All she is able to see here is a large qazan standing in the middle of the room, a washbasin, and a door that leads directly outside.

Although the room is warm, it isn’t soundproof, and at night the howling of a wolf can be heard coming from far away.

Gradually she starts to heal.

Aina Apa teaches her the Qazaq language with the help of a Qazaq-English dictionary.

She studies diligently, and by the end of a month the girl can at least speak with her hosts.

Now she knows why she is staying here but that doesn’t help her to remember who she is and where she’s from.

Ataq explains to the girl that the closest city can only be reached when spring comes. The nearest road is 200 miles away.

Vehicles can’t get here in the winter, so no one comes here during this time of year.

2. Saule - Sunshine

The days slip by. The girl no longer feels pain in her leg. She has even learned to ride, and her Qazaq vocabulary is increasing.

Aina Apa tells her the meaning of their names. It turns out that Aina means ‘mirror’ and Apa is ‘aunt.’ Ataq’s name means ‘fame, celebrity.’

Upon learning the meanings of their names, the girl asks Aina Apa for a Qazaq name. Without hesitation, Aina Apa calls her ‘Saule,’ which means ‘sunshine’ in Qazaq.

Saule already helps them with household chores. It should be noted that in Qazaqstan the shepherds graze their livestock even in winter, but only as long as