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Born in Georgia and also writing in German, Haratischvili connects several literary traditions. Her family saga traces Georgia’s twentieth century through successive generations. Ekvtimishvili depicts the brutality of growing up in a residential school, while Morchiladze turns a journey into a wartime trap. Dumbadze offers a warmer, humorous portrait of rural childhood. Melashvili’s Polish Wyliczanka and Kos kos jeżyna contrast endangered youth with the defence of female independence.
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A multigenerational Georgian family saga spans revolution, wars, love and twentieth-century trauma.
Original title: Das achte Leben (Für Brilka)
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Translated by Charlotte Collins i Ruth Martin
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Teenage Lela dreams of escaping a residential school on the outskirts of Tbilisi.
Original title: მსხლების მინდორი
A drug-buying trip takes young Georgians into the middle of the Karabakh war.
Original title: მოგზაურობა ყარაბაღში
A boy’s coming of age in a Georgian village connects neighbourly humour with the experience of war.
Original title: მე, ბებია, ილიკო და ილარიონი
Two teenage girls struggle to survive in a conflict zone where ordinary needs become mortal risks.
Original title: გათვლა
Etero discovers late passion while defending her independence against the pressure of a small community.
Original title: შაშვი შაშვი მაყვალი
Four friends grow up in Tbilisi amid the Soviet collapse, violence and political chaos; years later, their shared past returns.
Original title: Das mangelnde Licht
The Georgian author’s novel brings myth into dialogue with history, community and the intrusion of outside powers.
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