Donald Rayfield (Translator)
Books by Donald Rayfield (Translator)
“Mikheil Javakhishvili is one of the main architects of 20th-century Georgian literature, and in his first, picaresque novel Kvachi Kvachantiradze he laid the foundations for realism in Georgian literature” Read more...
The Best of Georgian Literature
Gvantsa Jobava, Novelist
“Medea is the first character in literature to be from Georgia, and this is a novel about Medea, Aeetes and his kingdom, love, betrayal, and the destruction of the world. “ Read more...
The Best of Georgian Literature
Gvantsa Jobava, Novelist
Interviews where books by Donald Rayfield (Translator) were recommended
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The Knight in the Panther Skin
by Lyn Coffin (translator) & Shota Rustaveli -
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Kvachi
by Donald Rayfield (Translator) & Mikheil Javakhishvili -
3
A Man Was Going Down the Road
by Donald Rayfield (Translator) & Otar Chiladze -
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The Lame Doll
by Ani Kopaliani (translator), Besik Kharanauli & Timothy Kercher (translator) -
5
The Cushion
by Elizabeth Heighway (translator), Irakli Samsonadze & Philip Price (translator)
The Best of Georgian Literature, recommended by Gvantsa Jobava
The Best of Georgian Literature, recommended by Gvantsa Jobava
How does a country left in ruins by 70 years of Soviet oppression rebuild its literature? It starts from scratch and breaks all the rules. Gvantsa Jobava reveals the riches of Georgian literature, from 12th-century feminist epics to radical, experimental accounts of a post-Independence underworld
