Travel the world without leaving your chair.
The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Asia Challenge" were written by authors from Georgia.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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Campo de Peras by Nana Ekvtimishvili
ES
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A sus dieciocho años, Lela solo sabe que tiene que asesinar a su profesor de Historia y que le espera una vida nueva más allá del campo de peras, un lugar en apariencia hermoso en el que ocurren terribles atrocidades.
En las afueras de Tiflis, en una Georgia recién independizada, se encuentra la Escuela para Niños con Discapacidades Intelectuales. Olvidados por sus padres, los alumnos del centro reciben lecciones de supervivencia, salpicadas de violencia y abandono.
Sin ningún lugar al que ir, Lela decide quedarse para planear el crimen y cuidar de s... continue
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Das Achte Leben für Brilka by Nino Harataschwili
DE
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Georgien, 1900: Mit der Geburt Stasias, Tochter eines angesehenen Schokoladenfabrikanten, beginnt dieses berauschende Epos über sechs Generationen. Stasia wächst in der wohlhabenden Oberschicht auf und heiratet jung den Weißgardisten Simon Jaschi, der am Vorabend der Oktoberrevolution nach Petrograd versetzt wird, weit weg von seiner Frau. Als Stalin an die Macht kommt, sucht Stasia mit ihren beiden Kindern Kitty und Kostja in Tbilissi Schutz bei ihrer Schwester Christine, die bekannt ist für ihre atemberaubende Schönheit. Doch als der Geheimdienstler Lawrenti Beria auf sie aufmerksam wird, ha... continue
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Everybody Dies in this Novel by Beka Adamashvili
EN
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One day Memento Mori realises that he is a character in a book who has the power to travel from one book to another. He decides to strike against evil writers who sentence their characters to death. He persuades Romeo and Juliet that suicide is not the best solution and that when they are adults they will remember these days with laughter. To save many others from an untimely death he travels to the Reichenbach Falls to push Professor Moriarty to his death. Memento Mori's efforts to save more characters from their authors is interrupted when he learns that his author plans to kill off a charac... continue
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Hard by a Great Forest : A Novel by Leo Vardiashvili
EN
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"This novel annihilated me. I gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it... Left my heart bruised and battered and aching for more." —Khaled Hosseini, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kite Runner “Blows open the heart of the past. It's a mystery, it's a picaresque, it's a comedy, and it's an authentic song of belonging and unbelonging. Tender and raw and funny.” —Colum McCann, National Book Award winning author of Let the Great World Spin "Propulsive, funny, and profound."—Elif Batuman, Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of The Idiot “Astonishingly crafted with history,... continue
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Het schaarse licht by Nino Haratischwili
NL
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‘Hier staan we, het trio dat is ontsnapt, dat de sprong naar het heden heeft gemaakt, wij, de overlevenden die proberen verder te leven in plaats van al diegenen wie het niet was vergund en die op deze foto’s voor altijd jong zullen blijven.’
Na de langverwachte onafhankelijkheid breekt er chaos uit in de jonge Georgische staat. Tussen de vochtige muren en de betoverende houten balkons in de binnenstad van Tbilisi sluiten eind jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw vier meisjes vriendschap: de naar vrijheid hunkerende Dina, het intelligente buitenbeentje Ira, de romantische Nene... continue
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Kvachi by Mixeil Javaxišvili
EN
Rating: 5 (1 vote)
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This is, in brief, the story of a swindler, a Georgian Felix Krull, or perhaps a cynical Don Quixote, named Kvachi Kvachantiradze: womanizer, cheat, perpetrator of insurance fraud, bank-robber, associate of Rasputin, filmmaker, revolutionary, and pimp. Though originally denounced as pornographic, Kvachi's tale is one of the great classics of twentieth-century Georgian literature--and a hilarious romp to boot.
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La octava vida (para Brilka) / The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischwili
ES
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Mágica como Cien años de soledad, intensa como La casa de los espíritus, monumental como Ana Karenina. «Nino Haratischwili es una de las voces más importantes de la literatura alemana.».-Die Zeit Georgia, 1917. Stasia, la hija de un exquisito fabricante de chocolate, sueña con ser bailarina en la Ópera de París pero, recién cumplidos los diecisiete años, se enamora de Simon Iachi, oficial de la Guardia Blanca. La revolución que estalla en octubre obliga a los enamorados a contraer precipitadamente matrimonio. Alemania, 2006. La biznieta de Stasia, Niza, lleva varios años viviendo en Berlín y h... continue
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Me, Margarita : Stories by Ana Kordzaia-Samadashvili
EN
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Short stories about men and women, love and hate, sex and disappointment, cynicism and hope--perhaps unique in that none of the stories reveal the time or place in they occur: the world is too small now for it to matter. A disillusioned woman, the narrator doesn't mince words about the imperfection of her life, her relationships, her prospects; yet what might in other hands seem discouraging is presented with such humor the reader can't help but feel there may yet be hope... for most of us.
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Min fars hode by Elena Botchorichvili
NO
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Frederik skal reise på bryllupsferie til farens hjemland Georgia, og vil der gjerne besøke sin bestefars grav. Faren skriver da et brev til sønnen om sin fortid der, og om Frederiks besteforeldre; taleskriveren og buktaleren. Minner fra ulike tidspunkt blandes sammen i et forsøk på å forstå og forklare hva som skjedde med Frederiks bestefar. Romanen gir oss et innblikk i hvordan det var å leve i Sovjetunionen, og i hvordan det er å leve uten. Forfatteren Jelena Botsjorisjvili er født i Georgia, og jobbet der som journalist i Sovjetunion før hun emigeret til Canada i 1992. Hennes seks romaner b... continue