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Recommended English books written by authors from Georgia (5)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you speak English here are some English books from Georgia for the next part of the "Read Around The World Challenge".


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Kvachi

Kvachi by Mixeil Javaxišvili EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Asia / Georgia flag Georgia
Description:
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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Me, Margarita : Stories by Ana Korczaia-Samadaesvili, Ana Korżaia-Samadašvili EN

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Country: Asia / Georgia flag Georgia
Description:
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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The Eighth Life : (for Brilka) The International Bestseller by Nino Haratischvili EN

Rating: 4 (5 votes)
Country: Asia / Georgia flag Georgia
Description:
AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR ‘That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds, avert catastrophes, and bring people happiness. But she was wrong.’ At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that... continue

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The Pear Field by Nana Ekvtimishvili EN

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Country: Asia / Georgia flag Georgia
Description:
Lela knows two things: her history teacher must die and she must start a new life beyond the pear field. On the outskirts of Tbilisi, in a newly independent Georgia, is the Residential School for Intellectually Disabled Children – or, as the locals call it, the School for Idiots. Abandoned by their parents, the pupils here receive lessons in violence and neglect. At eighteen, Lela is old enough to leave, but with nowhere to go she stays and plans, both for her own escape and for the future she hopes to give Irakli, a young boy at the school. When a couple from the USA decide they want to adopt... continue
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