The Shadow on the Road
by Aka Morchiladze
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The writer is describing the Soviet period in Georgia, beginning with the Stalin’s times and ending with the 1990s. He surveys the period in a very interesting way, decade by decade, examining the changes that occurred. The reader is given a vivid picture of a whole epoch, with its past lived in the shadows and with many unknown stories and events ‘that went on beyond the shadows’.
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Author Biography
Arguably the biggest name in contemporary Georgian literature, historian Giorgi Akhvlediani chose Aka Morchiladze as his penname. His debut novel “Journey to Karabakh” (1992) led to his success. He was immediately named as a brilliant storyteller by critics and the media and since then he keeps that status. Morchiladze also was an extremely popular sport-columnist in the 1990’s. In the early 2000’s he also was a TV host of the program “Unknown Georgia” at Georgia’s #1 public broadcaster. Currently he lives in London which allows him to see, analyze, describe and illustrate Georgian phenomena from an outsider’s point of view as well from the very center of the culture.
Morchiladze is being considered as “many writers” as he believes that writers have no style but seperate books have. So his works which count more than 20 novels are narrated by the 19th century Georgian nobleman and 90’s urban junkie slang as well as by Soviet propaganda-spreading academics and old, sweet village people. His novels are easily adaptable into feature movies and stage plays.
Bakur Sulakauri Publishing
Sulakauri Publishing was established in 1999. After years of a hard work and dedication, it gained success and today stands as a leading Publishing House of the Country. Sulakauri Publishing is known for producing books for all ages and of almost all kinds: fiction and non-fiction, documentary, biography, Graphic Novel, comic books, books for children and young adults, educational books, culinary and wine books.Works of some of the great minds and big names of the contemporary Georgian Literature, who have received different national or international awards over the years, were published first by Sulakauri Publishing.Our list consists of acclaimed authors such as Aka Morchiladze, Ana Kordsaia-Samadashvili, Zaza Burchuladze, Dato Turashvili, Lasha Bugadze, Archil Kikodze and many more.Sulakauri Publishing actively seeks and supports new names and works on spreading the voice of Georgian Literature worldwide.
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- Publisher Sulakauri Publishing
- Orginal LanguageGeorgian
- ISBN/Identifier 9789941159848
- Pages216
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions135/195 mm
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