A01=Mikheil Javakhishvili
A01=Mixeil Javaxiesvili
Author_Mikheil Javakhishvili
Author_Mixeil Javaxiesvili
B06=Donald Rayfield
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ISBN13=9781564788795
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Product details
- ISBN 9781564788795
- Weight: 657g
- Dimensions: 139 x 213 x 15mm
- Publication Date: 02 Apr 2015
- Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
- Publication City/Country: Normal, US
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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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.
Donald Rayfield is Emeritus Professor of Russian and Georgian at the University of London. In addition to his definitive biography of Chekhov (reissued in Faber Finds), his books include "The Dream of Lhasa: The Life of Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839-88), Explorer of Central Asia "and "Stalin and His Hangmen". His 'superb new translation' (William Boyd - "Guardian") of Gogol's "Dead Souls" was published in 2008.
