Abstract
The article examines how modern Kazakh novels in the framework of historical reality show the traditions and customs of our people, formed over the centuries, it is considered how the authors find an artistic solution to depict the customs and customs of the people. The national character is conveyed through the content and form of the epic. The article notes that the experience of our ancestors, which has developed over thousands of years, should be continued in the future.The image of the national character is particularly evident in modern Kazakh novels, created in the last quarter of the XX century and at the beginning of the XXI century. The author of the article considers the features of the aesthetics of the artistic solution in S. Elubay's novel “Ak Boz Uy” (Lonely Yurt): from the documentary fiction is born, against the background of nature the realities of human life are revealed, national and ethnographic traditions are shown in comparison with the reality of time, etc.