Granny Iliko Illarion and I : a novel - Hardcover
"Granny, Iliko, Illarion and I" was the first book written by Nodar Dumbadze (1928-1984), a major Georgian writer. The book, which has a strong autobiographical element, tells about the wartime childhood of an orphaned Georgian boy, and about his youth and studies at Tbilisi University. Its tone is one of mixed nostalgia and humour, and it abounds in uproarious anecdotes, distinctively national in mentality and situation. -- The life of Zuriko an orphan passes in the hands of his grandmother Olgha and weirdly funny and loving neighbors, Iliko and Ilarion. Despite of war and famine these people never lose the sense of humour. Iliko and Ilarion constantly prank each other in a series of practical jokes, though they are closest friends. Meanwhile, Zuriko writes his first poem and his first love letter. The time passes. Zuriko graduates in Tbilisi and comes back to his village...
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- PublisherRaduga Publishers
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 5050005493
- ISBN 13 9785050005496
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Albert Jaralov (illustrator). First Edition in English. Tragicomic novel of life in Soviet Georgia during World War Two: all the able-bodied men are off fighting, leaving young Zuriko, an orphan, in the care of his grandmother and two elderly neighbors, though he is able to go off to school in Tbilisi. Dumbadze was a popular Georgian author; this book, his first, was semiautobiographical. Originally published in Georgia in 1960, this is the first edition in English, 1985; the original was filmed in Georgia in 1964. Hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, likely as issued. Light wear, gift note in Georgian on the second-to last page, light spine fade. Text clean; 173, [3] pages; color illustrations. Size: Small Octavo. Seller Inventory # w0581
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