Kvachi
Mikheil Javakhishvili author Mixeil Javaxiesvili author Donald Rayfield translator
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Dalkey Archive Press
Published:5th Mar '15
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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.
Kvachi is... an international con-man, through whose eyes we see Europe and Russia as nothing but a rogue's hunting ground... The abrupt, sardonic prose brims over with inventiveness. -- Donald Rayfield The Literature of Georgia If you read one 500-page classic of Georgian literature this year, make it Mikheil's Javakhishvili's galloping 1924 epic Kvachi... The Millions A long-buried classic of Eastern European literature in the picaresque mould of Cervantes and Fielding... Fast-paced dialogue, black humour, and camaraderie-among-thieves keeps the antics fun and ingenious. Recommended for fans of daring and rebellious literature. Glasgow News
ISBN: 9781564788795
Dimensions: 213mm x 139mm x 40mm
Weight: 657g
512 pages