{"product_id":"two-novels-from-the-caucasus-daur-nachkebias-the-shore-of-the-night-and-guram-odisharias-the-presidents-cat-paperback","title":"Two Novels from the Caucasus: Daur Nachkebia's the Shore of the Night and Guram Odisharia's the President's Cat - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGuram Odisharia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaur Nachkebia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFelix Helbing\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this joint volume of Caucausian fiction, two friends from opposing sides of the unresolved Georgian-Abkhaz conflict join forces to craft a poignant anti-war narrative that spans borders and transcends political divides.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter finding themselves on opposing sides of a war-torn region, Guram Odisharia and Daur Nachkebia, once comrades in the Writers' Union, chose to collaborate and publish their respective novels under one cover in a powerful literary endeavor that's now available in English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe President's Cat\u003c\/i\u003e from Georgian writer Guram Odisharia paints a vivid picture of Sukhumi, a once-exotic city-resort marred by the horrors of war. Against the backdrop of this surreal conflict, Odisharia's characters navigate the chaos with raw, palpable humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Daur Nachkebia's \u003ci\u003eThe Shore of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, the novel's protagonist begins a soul-searching journey to understand the profound impact of conflict on human life after finding the diary of a friend who died in the war. Delving into the human experience and psyche against the backdrop of the Soviet empire's collapse and the brutal war in Abkhazia, it explores the struggle to maintain individuality and expand personal horizons despite the confines of society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring real tragedies of individuals caught in the zone of conflict, the nuances of peace and war in the South Caucasus, and the prospects of reconciliation in post-conflict regions, the collection \u003ci\u003eTwo Novels from the Caucasus\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to the enduring power of literature to bridge divides and illuminate universal truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuram Odisharia\u003c\/b\u003e, born in 1951, is the award-winning author of nearly thirty poetic, prose, and journalistic books, including critically acclaimed novels such as \u003ci\u003eThe Ocean of the Black Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe President's Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Cyclops Bomb\u003c\/i\u003e. Honored with over ten national and international literary prizes, his works have been translated into over twenty languages. He currently resides in Tbilisi, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1960, \u003cb\u003eDaur Nachkebia\u003c\/b\u003e, a physicist, has been honored with Abkhazia's Dmitry Gulia State Award for Literature, Art, and Architecture for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Shore of Night\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the Fazil Iskander International Literary Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Shore of Night\u003c\/i\u003e has been translated into Georgian, Armenian, Croatian, Serbian, Spanish, German, Italian, and Dutch, and Nachkebia's other stories can be read in Azerbaijani, English, Armenian, Georgian, and Ossetian. He is the Director of the Association of Publishing Houses in Abkhazia and currently resides in Sukhumi, Abkhazia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 482\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 17, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42138017136775,"sku":"9798887195612","price":37.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0e6f9c5be1c70cca2d79e5d712332037.webp?v=1732716042","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/two-novels-from-the-caucasus-daur-nachkebias-the-shore-of-the-night-and-guram-odisharias-the-presidents-cat-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}