Blogs in February 2020

Georgian Folk Tales 9th February 2020

This is a short collection of folk tales from the nation of Georgia by Marjorie Wardrop. Wardrop also translated the Georgian author Rusthaveli’s The Man in the Panther’s Skin. Although many of the motifs of these stories are also...

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A Hero of Our Time 9th February 2020

The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his...

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The Eighth Life 25th October 2019

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...

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Waiting for the Electricity 23rd October 2018

In the republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by something much more confusing, that’s for sure. There are no jobs in the cities. And when there are jobs, employees aren’t compensated. And when they are compensated,...

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The Book of Tbilisi (Reading The City) 26th May 2017

Tbilisi is the largest city and capital of Georgia, with a population of more than 1.5 million people. Located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, this vibrant city is a melting pot of different ethnic groups and languages,...

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