NON FICTION FROM 2015

NON FICTION FROM GEORGIA / 2015 1 Non Fiction from Georgia

Prepared and published by the Georgian National Book Center. The catalogue is distributed free of charge during the international Book Fairs to foreign publishers and editors.

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Project Director

Medea Metreveli

Project Manager

Nino Goginashvili

Editors

Irine Chogoshvili, Maia Danelia

Contributors

Georgian National Museum, Georgian Literature Museum, Goethe-Institute Tbilissi, G. Chubinashvili Centre for Art History, Foundation of Civic Education, Graphic Design Association

Translators

Patrick Donald Rayfield, Nino Goginashvili

Design

Manana Arabuli / zangodesign studio

Georgian National Book Center

Established in 2014 by the Ministry of Culture and Monument Pro- tection of Georgia supports the process of translation of Georgian and foreign literature, enhancing intercultural dialogue through lit- erature and presenting centuries-long Georgian intellectual heritage to the international literary and publishing arena.

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4 Sanapiro Str. / 0105 / Georgia Email: [email protected] www.book.gov.ge Introduction

Georgian art, history, philosophy, science, documentary prose, cookery… The literary materials that exist about Georgia and which have been produced in various periods and published between 2005 and 2015 in books and cata- logues will be of real interest to foreign readers interested in our country’s culture. The catalogue gathers together editions of both Georgian art and history, as well as samples of Non Fiction (documentary prose, memoirs, essays) by Georgian authors of several generations: these samples are of great relevance today, both in Georgia and beyond its borders, given current demands in the global literary and publishing context. Naturally, the aim of this catalogue cannot be to represent the whole diapason of Georgian publishing or all the important publications that have appeared in this sphere, but a variety of books and albums are presented, sorted by topic, will give everyone who is interested in Georgian culture, literature and history an idea of our country’s intellectual heritage and the great variety in its publishing arena. This catalogue is the first attempt by the Georgian National Book Centre to undertake a promotion outside Georgia’s borders not only of Georgian litera- ture but of the Georgian cultural heritage. In compiling the catalogue, the in- formation gathered was based on what was provided by Georgian publishing houses as well as material furnished by various art or scientific and scholarly institutes. We are convinced that the catalogue will be a good guide for foreign readers interested in our culture, history and intellectual heritage.

The titles are presented in following order:

➔ Documentary Prose / Essays ➔ Art Books ➔ Books about Georgia

NON FICTION FROM GEORGIA / 2015 3 DOCUMENTARY PROSE / ESSAYS

`bevri ram gadamxdenia, magram sakuTar Tavze dakvirvebam damarwmuna, rom mTeli cxovrebis ganmavlobaSi yvelaze didi levan gavlena Cemze dapatimrebis oTxwlian molodinsa da Tavisuflebis samwlian berZeniSvili

aRkveTas mouxdenia. es gavlena imdenad levan berZeniSvili didia, rom sakmarisia, vinme gavicno, qarTveli iqneba es Tu ucxoeli, Crdili gzaze aucileblad avuxsni, rom odesRac politikuri patimari viyavi. aAka morCilaZis axali wigni Janrobrivad dokumentur vici, rom pirveli ar var, visac gansakuTrebulma garemoebebma prozas miekuTvneba, radgan aq araferia gamogonili. xelSi kalami aaRebina; Cvens rigebSi mwerali sabWoTa epoqis saqarTveloze wers – grafomanebic blomad iyvnen da dawyebuli stalinis droidan XX saukunis geniosebic, magram me „kalami aviRe~ 90-ian wlebamde. igi Zalian sainteresod mimoixilavs Crdilianu gzaze klaviatura movirge ara mxatvruli wignis dasawerad an dakarguli drois aTwleulebad dayofil periodebs da im cvlilebebs, dasabruneblad, aramed dakargvadi rac maT axlda. mkiTxvelis winaSe cocxldeba mTEeli personaJebis gadasarCenad, radgan epoqa Tavisi CrdilSi cxovrebis gziTa da bevri Tu es personaJebi daikargebian, mec ucnobi, `Crdils iqiT gasuli~ ambiT. Crdili gzaze davikargebi, da viRac SecdomiT ifiqrebs,

rom marTla micnobda, raki Cems romelime wminda wyvdiadi leqcias daswrebia, televiziiT Cemi gamosvla unaxavs an interviu waukiTxavs~.

levan berZeniSvili

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Shadow on the Road Absolute Darkness

Author: Aka Morchiladze Author: L. Berdzenishvili

The writer is describing the Soviet In this autobiographical book period in Georgia, beginning with Levan Berdzenishvili recalls, with Stalin’s times and ending in the humour and a peculiar nostalgia, 1990s. He surveys the period in the period when he was deported a very interesting way, decade by (1984-86): ‘All sorts of things hap- decade, examining the changes pened to me, but observing myself that occurred. The reader is given has convinced me that all through a vivid picture of a whole epoch, my life the greatest influence on me with its path lived in the shadows was my expectation of four years’ and with many unknown stories imprisonment and my three years’ and events ‘that went on beyond deprivation of freedom. The effect the shadows’. was so great that it was enough to ensure that I told whoever I got Number of pages: 214 to know, whether a Georgian or a Cover: Paperback non-Georgian, that I used to be a Size: 13X20 cm political prisoner.’ Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House / 2014 Number of Pages: 268 Cover: Paperback Size: 13X20 cm Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House / 2010

NON FICTION FROM GEORGIA / 2015 4 DOCUMENTARY PROSE / ESSAYS gogi gvaxaria `am orma xatma – ekranma da mayurebelma – mTeli Cemi cxovrebis wesze, `pirad istoriaze~, e. i. biografiaze imoqmeda... Cemi saTvale xSirad ilaqeboda xolme cremliT – xan kinogmirebi matirebdnen, xanac cocxali adamianebi – realuri cxovreba, romelic Cems Taobas mZime da marTlac satirali gvqonda. gogi am cremlis istoria Taobis istoriaa – im Taobisa, romelic xruSCovis gadayenebisa da `ottepelis~ dasrulebis Semdeg mivida skolaSi, breJnevis epoqaSi iswavla da `pere stroikis~ xanaSi daiwyo muSaoba... mere ki daiSala, danawevrda – samoqalaqo omiT, afxazeTiT, qveynidan gaqceviT, kulturis gvaxaria dangreviTa da kulturis nacvlad fsevdokulturiT, narcisebis baRnaris aSenebiT. kinos moyvarulebi cnobili `vuaieristebi~ rom arian, amas ukve Tavad aRiareben. Cven yureba ufro gviyvars, vidre cxovreba; dakvirveba, cqera da TvalTvali mTel saTvale cremliani qveyanas gvirCevnia; Cven TiTqos ara varT amqveyanaze, ar vmonawileobT istoriul procesebSi. mxolod vakvirdebiT... da viTom ratom ar unda moindomos kacma, daweros erTi wigni mainc imaze, rac naxa da rasac daakvirda?!~ cremliani saTvale gogi gvaxaria

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Tear-Stained Interview with Father Spectacles Author: G. Charkviani Author: G. Gvakharia Gela Charkviani’s Interview with Tear-Stained Spectacles is a collec- Father is an original and wide- tion of documentary memories ranging book of great importance. of G. Gvakharia, which include It is a dialogue between father and interesting historical materials son (which took place from 1989 of Georgian reality starting from to 1992), two different genera- early 70s up to 2004. The author, tions, people of differing beliefs a well-known Georgian art critic and outlooks, in which attention is and journalist describes his book focussed on very important ques- as ‘personal history’ and addresses tions. the reader: Kandid Charkviani was then the ‘These two images, the screen and only person who had personal the spectator, have affected all information about Stalin’s Kremlin my way of life, my ‘personal his- and its relationship with Georgia. tory’, my biography in fact… My For fourteen years, from 1938 to spectacles are often smeared with 1952, he had been in charge of the tears, sometimes film heroes make Georgian communist party Central me cry, and sometimes real human Committee, and there was no com- beings do: the actual life which for petent source for those times com- my generation has been hard and, parable with him. The book will in truth, something to cry about.’ interest anyone who wants to know about the phenomenon of Stalin, as Number of Pages: 400 well as about Soviet history. Cover: Paperback Size: 14.5X21.5 cm Number of pages: 128 Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Cover: Paperback Publishing House / 2013 Size: 13X19 cm Published by: Intelekti Publishers / 2013

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irakli maxaraZe kinoreJisori, mkvlevari. Teatraluri institutis kursdamTavrebuli. gadaRebuli aqvs dokumenturi da animaciuri filmebi: `lelos Semobruneba~, `uaild uesTis mxedrebi~, `vinc movida gaumarjos!~ `guruli firalebi~, `dimitri SevardnaZe~. aris avtori wignebisa: `guruli mxedrebi amerikaSi~, `erTi muWa vesTerni~, `guruli firalebi~, `teroristebi~, `qarTvelebi amerikaSi~. misi statiebi ibeWdeba qarTul da amerikul JurnalebSi.

winamdebare wigni eZRvneba qarTuli kinos munj periods. masSi moTxrobilia im adamianebze, vinc safuZveli Cauyara saqarTveloSi kinoTeatrebis mowyoba-aSenebas, Camotanili Tu aqve gadaRebuli qronikis komerciul-Cveneba-gasaRebas; pirvel qarTul dokumentur da mxatvrul filmebze, maT avtorebsa, Semqmnelebsa da msaxiobebze; aRwerilia kinomoRvaweebTan dakavSirebuli saintereso ambebi. aseve, rogori transformacia ganicada munjma kinom drois SecvlasTan erTad da rogor Seabija xmovan eraSi.

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The Magnificent Taming Literature Silent Film Author: A. Bakradze Author: I. Makharadze Taming Literature is one of those This book is devoted to the silent rare texts, to be counted on the period of Georgian cinema. It fingers of one hand, which was gives an account of the people written in Georgia’s Soviet period, who founded and helped build up was circulated illegally and was not, Georgian film-making, and who and could not be published because showed and distributed newsreels, of the censorship. This book tells us either imported or locally shot. with melancholy humour how the We are told of the first Georgian Soviet state went about restricting documentary and art films, their literature and art in an ideological authors, producers and actors; We framework, how the Communist are given interesting stories about party tried to use writers and art- those in the film industry. We learn ists to shape ‘the new man’ and, in about the transformation that silent order to further their own ideologi- films underwent as times changed cal goals, how the ‘engineers of the and how the transfer to the era of human soul’, i.e. writers, operated, sound film took place. how Soviet power ‘tamed’ litera- ture. Number of pages: 212 Cover: Paperback Number of Pages: 226 Size: 13X19.5 cm Ebook Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Published by: Lit.ge / 2011 Publishing House / 2014

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`kulinariuli proza Tu literaturuli kuli- piradi kulinaria naria?~ – roca am wignis saxeldebaze vfiqrob- di, aTasgvari literaturaTmcodneobiTi ter- mini gamaxsenda. gamaxsenda da aTasive uarvyavi. es ufro mogonebebis wignia: gemoebiT, sunebiT, ferebiTa da SegrZnebebiT damaxsovrebuli mov- diana anfimiadi lenebi da adamianebi, romlebic Cemi cxovrebis kulinariaSi gavaerTiane da mominda, sxvebis- Tvisac gameziarebina. es aris wigni cxovrebis receptebis, leqsebisa da siyvarulis Sesaxeb. da Tumca arc Zalian kargi mwerali var da arc Zalian kargi kulinari, imeds vitoveb, rom piradi swored Sen xar Cemi mkiTxveli – is, vinc srul- diana anfimiadi yofilebas ki ara, bednierebas eZebs. diana anfimiadi kulinaria

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A Personal Cookbook A Pass to a Zone of Conflict

Author: D. Anphimiadi Author: Sh. Lebanidze

This is a book of memoirs, about Shorena Lebanidze’s documentary people and events which are novel A Pass to a Zone of Conflict memorable for their tastes, smells, is based on her memories as a colours and sensations. It is a pos- journalist. The events covered by sibility for the readers to perceive the author deal with one year at the the world in different fashion, were end of the twentieth century: from everyone feels fulfilled and happy. the beginning of the Abkhaz war to According to author, to achieve the end of the civil conflict that had this, people need creamy vanilla flared up in western Georgia. At the flavour. Book unites her culinary time Shorena Lebanidze was sent as recollection. It is a book about a journalist to a hot spot to report recipes for life, poems and love. from the front, and so undertook The book is for readers who are frequent journeys to Abkhazia and looking for not just fulfilment, but Mingrelia, holding the pass she was happiness and it’s guaranteed with issued with in 1992 and which is to- the perfect blend with author’s day reproduced on the book’s cover. poetry and humour. The book This memento, a forgotten docu- also includes different common or ment, featuring in the novel twenty unfamiliar recipes from the author years after the events, allows Shorena herself, her friends and global Lebanidze to take a look back and to cuisine. reflect anew on the events she wit- nessed. The author wants to see very Number of pages: 152 differently a Georgian reality that was Cover: Paperback full of killing, loud noise and fury; Size: 13X20 cm She wants to tell us about the people Published by: Bakur Sulakauri who created that reality. Publishing House / 2012 Number of pages: 264 Cover: Paperback Size: 14X20 cm Published by: Artanuji Publishers / 2014

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Mikhail Kalatozov The Topology of Consciousness Author: A. Kalatozishvili Author: M. Mamardashvili This book is a tribute to Kalatozov as a Georgian filmmaker and an ex- Merab Mamardashvili was a traordinary person of the 20 century. Georgian philosopher, Doctor of Like other famous film directors, the Sciences (1968), Professor (1972). French film director Claude Lelouch Influenced by René Descartes and speaks of Kalatozov as the inspiration classical German philosophy (espe- for his becoming a film director: ‘In cially Immanuel Kant). 1957 I was in Moscow. I was 20 and I The Topology of Consciousness is a was going to become a documentary book in three parts: the first part DP (Director of Photography). Once, consists of a translation of the first I took a taxi and the driver said he seven of a course of lectures on could take me to the Mosfilm studio. Marcel Proust’s epic novel, deliv- On that day they were shooting the ered in 1984-5 by M. Mamardash- famous staircase scene of wedding vili at . and the newlyweds from The Cranes The second part we have decided to are Flying… When I saw Kalatozov call From Mamardashvili’s French working on the set, I said to myself: Archive. Here the reader will find ‘This is what I want to do with my lectures and conference papers life.’ read by Merab Mamardashvili, as well as his interviews given to fran- Number of pages: 270 cophone newspapers or magazines Cover: Hard, Super in Paris and Barcelona. Size: 26.5X29.5 cm The third part consists of three Published by: Shota Rustaveli texts by Merab Mamardash- Theatre / 2012 vili dealing with problems of consciousness and culture.

Number of pages: 319 Cover: Hard Size: 15X21 cm Published by: Georgian Biographical Center / 2011

NON FICTION FROM GEORGIA / 2015 8 DOCUMENTARY PROSE / ESSAYS giorgi maisuraZe „dakarguli konteqstebi“ im mdgomareobas SeiZleba ewodos, romelSic Tanamedrove, postsabWoTa saqarTvelo imyofeba: is emijneba Tavis sabWoTa warsuls da misgan gaTavisuflebas identobis axali formebis CanacvlebiT cdilobs. magram swored es axali formebi Seicavs iseT saazrovno stereotipebs – sakuTari Tavisa Tu garesamyaros Sefasebis kriteriumebs, romlebic TavianTi arsiT sabWouria da maTi azris gageba sabWoTa konteqstebSia SesaZlebeli. es konteqstebi sabWoTa kavSiris dangrevasTan erTad daikarga, magram homo sovietikusi

ganagrZobs Tavis arsebobas Tanamedrove, postsabWoTa dakarguli konteqstebi qarTvelis cnobierebaSi konteqstdakarguli stereotipebis, idealebisa Tu TviTgamoxatvis formebis saxiT.

amasTan, Tavad saqarTvelo, misi axali, postsabWoTa identobaa konteqstdakarguli, rac imas niSnavs, rom saqarTvelos aRar gaaCnia is scena, romelzedac sakuTar Tavs sxvisTvis, garesamyarosaTvis gasagebad ganasaxierebda.

wignSi gaerTianebuli narkvevebi Tanamedrove saqarTveloSi mimdinare sazogadoebrivi da kulturuli cvlilebebis kritikuli interpretaciis mcdelobebia.

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We Have No Other Choice Lost Contexts

Author: K. Bendukidze Author: G. Maisuradze

‘This collection was meant to have This book is a very thorough been published two years ago, anatomy of Georgian identity. The while Kakha Bendukidze was still author uses all his precise logic and alive, but he stopped me, saying. elegant journalistic flair to define ‘I’ve already written why I didn’t convincingly what was vaguely like the Soviet Union, and I want to understood, so that readers are explain why I like America.’ I kept bound to feel both delight and yet reminding him and he would tell to go away with a slightly bitter me that he was definitely going to taste in their mouths. This bitter write about this. He didn’t have the taste is caused by a comprehension time or opportunity to explain why of one’s own being, or non-being, he liked America, although the and the reflective reader will find reason is not hard to find: because that it lingers. In this book readers of its freedom. Kakha’s part in the find the contexts which the country process of creating a modern Geor- itself has lost. gian state is of historic importance. The main proof of this is that he Number of pages: 130 influenced not just his allies, but his Cover: Paperback opponents. Kakha happens to be Size: 13X20 cm the sole reason why our economy, Published by: Bakur Sulakauri despite countless challenges, has Publishing House / 2012 overcome both the war and is realising aspirations - with great difficulty, but still realising them.’ (T. Chergoleishvili)

Number of pages: 96 Cover: Paperback Size: 13X18 cm Published by: Foundation of Civic Education / 2015

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axlo aRmosavleTi (dasavleT aziis arabuli qveynebi, egvipte, israeli, TurqeTi, irani, kviprosi) Tanamedrove msoflios erT-erTi umniSvnelovanesi geopolitikuri kvanZia. es regioni did rols TamaSobda istoriaSi: swored aq warmoiSva da aqedan gavrcelda monoTeisturi religiebi; XIII saukunemde is ekonomikurad da kulturulad msoflioSi erT-erTi yvelaze ganviTarebuli mxare iyo. amJamad axlo aRmosavleTi aris energetikuli nedleuliT msoflios umTavresi mommaragebeli. saqarTvelo uSualod mezoblobs am regionTan, sadac didi simZafriT viTardeba politikuri procesebi. axlo aRmosavleTi winamdebare wignSi gaSuqebulia politikur- geografiuli kuTxidan: ganxilulia bunebrivi da socialur- revaz gaCeCilaZe kulturuli garemos gavlena politikaze, cvalebadi geopolitika

bolo naxevari saukunis manZilze, qveynebis Tanamedrove politikuri axlo aRmosavleTi problemebi. wignis mesame gamocemaSi (pirvelad is 2003 wels

revaz gaCeCilaZe axlo aRmosavleTi gamovida) Setanilia sagrZnobi cvlilebebi, damatebulia Tavi, sadac ganxilulia `arabuli gazafxulis~ mizezebi da mosalodneli Sedegebi, da ramdenime axali qveTavi, ganaxlebulia rukebi da statistikuri sivrce, xalxi da politika masala. wignis mizania gauadvilos axlo aRmosavleTis problemebis gageba dainteresebul mkiTxvels, maT Soris saerTaSoriso urTierTobis, msoflio istoriis, geografiisa da ekonomikis, agreTve demografiis, socialuri problemebis Semswavlel pirebs, axalgazrda diplomatebs.

revaz gaCeCilaZem daamTavra Tbilisis saxelmwifo universitetis aRmosavleTmcodneobis fakultetis istoriuli ganyofileba da sazRvargareTis qveynebis politikuri da ekonomikuri geografiis aspirantura. aris geografiul mecnierebaTa doqtori. is 150-ze meti samecniero Sromis avtoria. aris Tsu profesori, saqarTvelos mecnierebaTa erovnuli akademiis wevr-korespondenti, saqarTvelos geografiuli sazogadoebis prezidenti. miniWebuli aqvs sagangebo da sruluflebiani elCis rangi: muSaobda elCad israelsa da somxeTSi. wignisaTvis `The New Georgia: Space, Society, Politics~ (London: UCL Press, 1995) revaz gaCeCilaZes mieniWa saqarTvelos saxelmwifo premia mecnierebisa da teqnikis dargSi. wignisaTvis `axlo aRmosavleTi: sivrce, xalxi da politika~ (meore gamocema, 2008) mas mieniWa vaxuSti bagrationis saxelobis premia geografiis dargSi.

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The History The Near East: of Catholicism Among Its Space, Peoples Georgians and Politics

Author: Father Mikeil Tamarashvili Author: R. Gachechiladze

The question of Georgian Catholics The author gives us an interesting is an age-old one in Georgia, but, account of the region’s religious, because the necessary documents cultural and demographic ques- for investigating the subject were tions; He examines the effects of not available, some people have de- the natural and socio-cultural en- nied the very existence of Georgian vironment on politics, he describes Catholics. Such baseless opinions the Near East’s present-day political have been the cause of much aston- geography and gives us insights ishment, for the historical facts are into the origins of the ‘near-eastern only too evident. To investigate this conflict’ and the reasons for its question properly and to establish unresolved state, as well as the role the truth, it has become essential played by the Holy Places in world for us to find out when the catholic politics. faith was propagated in Georgia, who were the Catholic priests who Number of pages: 528 worked here, and how fruitful their Cover: Paperback work was among the Georgians. Size: 13X20 cm Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Number of pages: 844 Publishing House / 2008 Cover: Hard Size: 17.5X26 cm Published by: Siesta Publishing House / 2011

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What Everyone Georgia and Russia in the Free World Should Know About Russia Author: N. Ramishvili

Author: I. Nanuashvili ‘Georgia’s enemies miscalculated. It was relatively easy for Russian com- The aim of this book is to convince munists to engineer the conquest of the reader that it is necessary for Ukraine, the ravaging of Turkestan, the Free World to take an objective invasion of Azerbaijan and attack on view of world events and to analyse Armenia. Only Georgia presented past and present political events energetic opposition. The Georgian and situations with a minimum of people will constantly need to use bias. Otherwise it would be point- all their strength to free themselves less to read this book. of Soviet Russian occupation.’ The first shot of World War I fired Noe Ramishvili, the president of in August 1914 announced the Georgia’s democratic republic’s first end of a clearly defined period of government was one of the main history. organizers of the August-September 1924 anti-Bolshevik uprising, which Number of pages: 388 he describes in this short book, Cover: Hard, Super first printed in Paris at the end of Size: 13.5X20.5 cm that same year. After the occupa- Published by: tion and annexation of Georgia by Jan V. Nanuashvili / 1973 Bolshevik Communist Russia, Noe Ramishvili left Georgia and settled with his family in Paris. Among the Georgian social democrats (the ‘Mensheviks’) he was once again the most intransigent opponent of Red Russia and its puppet government in Georgia.

Number of pages: 66 Cover: Paperback Size: 10X10 cm Published by: Artanuji Publishers / 2006

NON FICTION FROM GEORGIA / 2015 11 DOCUMENTARY PROSE / ESSAYS gela sulaZe gela sulaZe

gela sulaZe daibada 1959 wels qalaq TbilisSi. daamTavra kobaxiZis saxelobis 77-e saSualo skola, politeqnikuri institutis eleqtromeqanikisa da eleqtronikis fakulteti, Semdeg ki sabWoTa kavSiris saxelmwifo uSiSroebis komitetis umaRlesi skola.1984-2004 wlebSi muSaobda saqarTvelos saxelmwifo uSiSroebis organoebSi. aris Tadarigis polkovniki. emigracia da specsamsaxurebi qarTuli antisabWoTa

gela sulaZis naSromi 1918-1953 wlebSi qarTuli emigraciisa da specsamsaxurebis saqmianobaze mogviTxrobs – moicavs periods saqarTvelos saxelmwifoebrivi damoukideblobis aRdgenidan `megrel nacionalistTa saqmemde~. avtori ganixilavs rogorc sazogadoebisTvis kargad nacnob Temebsa da istoriul movlenebs, aseve dRemde ucnob saarqivo saqmeebs, romlebic uaxlesi warsulis SeswavlisTvis Zalzed mniSvnelovania.

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The Georgian Question The Georgian and the Free World Anti-Soviet Émigrés and The Security Author: K. Kandelaki Services

Author: G. Suladze The Georgian question in the con- text of the free World has always In the 1920s and 1930s, those who been one of the most important fled abroad from the Russian em- topics for the Georgian nation. pire formed an anti-Soviet émigré In his book K. Kandelaki reveals movement. This book, written by a the story of Georgia and the free former officer of the Soviet security World. services, brings to our attention a ‘In 1921 the Georgian Demo- great number of interesting facts cratic Republic was occupied by about the measures taken by the the military forces of Soviet Russia. Soviet security services to deal with Since then, for many long years, the the events that evolved from this Georgian people have been endur- movement. ing valiantly great poverty and moral suffering. Why and for what Number of pages: 652 purpose was this act of violation Cover: Paperback perpetrated? Size: 14X21 cm - ‘For the good of the Georgian Published by: Bakur Sulakauri people and the future happiness Publishing House / 2012 of mankind!’ claimed the Russian Bolsheviks and their partners. - ‘For Russian Imperialism!’ reply Georgian patriots and, with them, all the friends of small nations and all the defenders of the rights of man and the freedom of nations’.

Number of pages: 264 Cover: Paperback Size: 14X21 cm Published by: Siesta Publishing House / 2012

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Georgia in In the Shade a World Context of a Demolished Wall

Author: R. Gachechiladze Author: Z. Abashidze

This book is a revised and short- After 45 years of Cold War a new ened version of the two-volume world order emerged. The Berlin wall book published by the author in collapsed, but over the years the iner- 2008‒2011, My Twentieth Cen- tia of the past has had a wide-ranging tury. At the same time, the books effect on the building of a new world. chronological framework has been Times were more than hard, full of extended to include the begin- different obstacles and resistance. ning of the 21st century. Georgia is Except those reasons, there were examined against the background various other events and occur- of world geopolitics, socio-political rences which made this decade history and geography. special and unique. In the Shade of a Demolished Wall Number of pages: 816 analyses this notable part of Geor- Cover: Paperback gian history, but Georgia isn’t the Size: 16X23 cm main subject of discussion. There’s Published by: Bakur Sulakauri huge amount of Georgian and Publishing House / 2013 foreign non-fiction books, which provide comprehensive information about it. Zurab Abashidze focuses on the global events as well as the situation of Georgia’s neighbour states, which weren’t depicted fully in local sources. Author addresses the generation, which was born either in the beginning of 1990s or 2000s.

Number of pages: 332 Cover: Paperback Size: 13X20 cm Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Publishing House / 2013

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Maro Maqashvili’s Diary Nino Jorjadze. World War I through the Author: M. Maqashvili Eyes of Georgian Woman

At the age of 19, Maro Maqashvili, a Author: T. Lordkipanidze nurse, was killed fighting Russia’s Red empire in the struggle for Georgia’s Since 2014 the Georgian National freedom. She is a symbolic figure, Museum has been working on a but apart from that her diary entries project dealing with the First World would still be interesting for the light War. It presents unique archival ma- they shine on Georgia’s history in terials from the private collection of that crucial but, regrettably, almost Alexander Bagrationi. The archival unknown period. Maro Maqashvili’s materials include the personal diary diaries portray for us Georgia’s brief of, and pictures taken by an aristo- period of independence. A young cratic Georgian lady Nino Jorjadze person’s views, sometimes radical from 1914 to 1917. These unique assessments, key moments in life, documents were preserved in the the dreams and hopes which were family and have until now been not to come true are of interest. unknown to a wider audience. Maro Maqashvili was killed by an The archive displays the history of enemy grenade near Kojori on 19th a Georgian military aristocrat who February 1921. On the 23rd she was on military service in Russian was buried in the courtyard of the Empire and creates a photo-chroni- military church on Rustaveli Avenue cle of the Caucasian front during the in Tbilisi in a mass grave with others World War One which is important who had fallen in the fighting with for historical, ethnographic, social Russia. On February 25th the Rus- and cultural reasons. sian Army entered Tbilisi. In Georgia Maro Maqashvili’s diaries are often Number of pages: 144 compared to those of Anne Frank. Cover: Paperback Size: 22.5X28.5 cm Published by: Georgian National Number of pages: 216 Museum / 2015 Cover: Paperback Size: 12X18.5 cm Published by: Georgian Literature Museum / 2014

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Namaste Gurian Diaries

Author: B. Khvedelidze Author: G. Kekelidze

Namaste is the latest novel by Beso Nobody will be surprised that, with Khvedelidze, a well-known and today’s easy access to informa- well-established author in Georgia tion, when there is in particular a who has twice won SABA, the most growing demand for books or films prestigious literature award. Based full of biographical or personal on a true story, it describes the histories, people are interested in adventures of two Georgian young each other’s stories: stories which men visiting Nepal. Alex is the have something new to say about more eccentric and adventurous them, or which recall old stories one and finds himself in constant and arouse an emotional response, trouble, while Beso wants to learn all the more when these stories more about Nepal’s culture and concern Giorgi Kekelidze, whose traditions. Besides the amusingy Gurian Diaries have recently narration of reality offered by the become a bestseller. Gurian Diaries trip, the book is a very useful guide are not so much a specific memoir, for those who plan to visit Nepal. as an attempt to reconstruct the reader’s own past and, by doing so, Number of pages: 150 they resemble a game into which Cover: Paperback the author inveigles the reader. Size: 13X19.5 cm Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Number of pages: 84 Publishing House / 2014 Cover: Paperback Size: 11.5X18.5 cm Published by: Siesta Publishing House / 2014

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David Kakabadze Georgian Modernism

Authors: K. Kintsurashvili, Authors: M. Tsitsishvili, N. D. Janiashvili Chogoshvili

A modernist artist who was a This book is devoted to Georgian painter, a graphic artist, a theatre Modernist art from 1910 to the late and cinema designer, and experi- 1930s. The three articles by differ- menter, an inventor of stereo-cine- ent authors deal with cultural life in ma without glasses, an art research- Georgia at that time, as well as the er and theoretician, one of the most artistic environment in Tbilisi, and important figures in Georgian avant-garde poetry and painting. modernism, David Kakabadze’s The authors have tried to show drawings, construction and decora- the peculiarity and originality of tive compositions, as well as other Georgian avant-garde art and dis- works, have been brought together cuss it in relation to contemporary for this album. European art. The book contains 160 illustrations, most of which are Number of pages: 186 published for the first time. Cover: Hard Size: 27X28.5 cm Number of pages: 168 Published by: Bakur Sulakauri Cover: Paperback Publishing House / 2013 Size: 24X29 cm Published by: Goethe-Institute Tbilisi / 2005

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Karlo Kacharava Eine Reise and Germany Author: K. Kacharava Coordinator: I. Popiashvili This unique publication is an exact If you ask artists active in USSR in reproduction of Karlo Kacharava’s the late Soviet period what their art personal album, which records his might have been responding to in impressions of Germany from the the 1980s and 90s, it is very likely end of 1991 to early 1992. These that among their top concerns drawings, notes and texts were, on they’ll mention gaining access to the whole, made in Cologne, where information about art, theories and the artist had been invited to work literature that was circulating in the in the Françoise Friedrich gallery. West and its reception. It should be noted from the start Number of pages: 200 that Karlo Kacharava saw him- Cover: Hard self first as a critic and then as a Size: 21X30 cm painter-that is, as a critic who felt Published by: Karchkhadze that writing together with paint- Publishing House / 2013 ing, specifically, was an ideal form of communicating with the global art world and, equally important, a way of relaying this international discourse to his home audience in Tbilisi.

Number of pages: 256 Cover: Hard Size: 24.5X29 cm Published by: Goethe-Institute Tbilisi / 2014

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The Great Pirosmani Gigo Gabashvili

Author: V. Rurua Authors: G. Sarajishvili, M. Damenia, M. Tsitsishvili Georgian painter Niko Piros- manashvili (Pirosmani) is one of the Gigo Gabashvili (1862-1936) is leading representatives of Georgian undoubtedly one of those paint- art in the early 20th century. Piros- ers of whose creative works an mani received no special artistic edu- extremely important part is still cation. At different times he worked unknown. Until now he has been on the railway, in trade, painted well-known as one of the founders signboards for Tbilisi wine cellars of Georgian easel painting, a realist and dukhans (taverns), which to a painter with outstanding skills. The certain extent influenced the theme recent discovery of neglected paint- of his works. Pirosmani also pro- ings and graphical works by Gigo duced a series of brilliant portraits Gabashvili, as well as photographs, and depictions of everyday life in overturns the hitherto received villages and of historical characters. perception of the painter and His art was ‘discovered’ in 1912 by shows him as prominent Georgian the modernist artists I. Zdanevich, artist of the European Symbolist K. Zdanevich and M. Le Dentu. movement of his time. ‘This publication is in its way a Gigo Gabashvili’s graphic works complete anthology of collected and paintings display a great works: it contains everything note- stylistic similarity to one another in worthy written about Pirosmani. To their world view and approach; We the authors of the 1926 catalogue: may assume that almost all of these B. Gordeziani, Er. Kuznetsov, G. pictures (which are unsigned and Khoshtaria, G. Buachidze are added undated) must have been executed foreign authors, old and new icono- in Munich or Tbilisi between 1890 graphic material by Henri Cartier- and 1910. Bresson, Pablo Picasso’. (V. Rurua) Number of pages: 254 Number of pages: 286 Cover: Hard Cover: Hard, Super Size: 24.5X29 cm Size: 27.5X33.5 cm Published by: Georgian National Published by: G. Rurua / 2015 Museum / 2012

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Petre Otskheli Sergo Kobuladze

Authors: G. Khoshtaria, Authors: M. Gachechiladze, K. Jandieri, T. Japaridze Aka Morchiladze

Petre Otskheli was one of the most Sergo Kobuladze (1909-1978) is distinguished Georgian theatre one of the most important repre- artists and modernists of the early sentatives of modern Georgian art. 20th century. His cubist-construc- His creative output is significant tivist experiments, his innovative in the history of Georgian graph- plans and interpretations for stage ics, theatre design and painting. performances, the laconicism and Kobuladze is well-known for his the broad implications of his artis- works in etching and print-making tic and representative language are in a variety of genres - portraits, the main features of his theatrical landscape, still-life and composi- world. His work at the beginning of tional sketches. the 20th century allows us to look ‘Creative intuition is an essential at Georgian scenic arts in the con- gift for any artist – that is, for text of modern European artistic creating a work of art in the first trends. Petre Otskheli was killed in place. However, art is doomed to the Soviet regime’s repressions. be impetuous and anarchic unless ‘One of the most striking features it is shaped by intellect. Creative of Petre Otskheli’s powerful body intuition can be structured by of work for theatre (frankly, I find acquiring artistic techniques and it rather difficult to call his pieces knowledge.’ (S. Kobuladze). merely ‘sketches’ for costumes and sets) is not its radical novelty, un- Number of pages: 172 conventional formal achievements Cover: Hard, Super or stylistic sophistication. Rather, it Size: 25X32 cm is its marked lucidity.’ (K. Jandieri) Published by: Georgian National Museum / 2012 Number of pages: 160 Cover: Paperback Size: 24X30 cm Published by: G. Chubinashvili Centre for Art History / 2007

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Max Tilke Costumes Dimitri Ermakov of the Peoples of the Caucasus This catalogue is the first attempt to offer a comprehensive history of Authors: T. Geladze, B. N. Smith, the development of photography El. Nadiradze in Georgia and to present a selec- tion of the unique photographs This is a catalogue of drawings taken by distinguished travelers by the celebrated German artist and photographers and now in the and expert on costumes of the GNM collection. The creation of peoples of the world, Max Tilke this catalogue was made possible (1869‒1942). The pictures are to by the generous support of the Ho- be found in the Simon Janashia rizon Foundation and Nederlands Georgian State Museum: there Fotomuseum. The project began in are 83 of them, most previously 2001, before the establishment of unpublished. the united Georgian National Mu- seum, and a number of GNM staff Number of Pages: 126 has been taking part in the project Cover: Hard since 2001. Size: 24.5X29.5 cm Published by: Diogene Publishing Number of pages: 304 House / 2005 Cover: Hard Size: 24.5X28.5 cm Published by: Georgian National Museum / 2014

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saqarTvelo arCil qiqoZe daibada 1972 wels. swavlobda

geor Tbilisis saxelmwifo universitetis aRmosavleTmcodneobis fakultetze, Tbilisis saxelmwifo Teatrisa da georgia kinos institutis kinosaoperatoro da kinodramaturgiis fakultetebze. georgia daaxloebiT 18 welia dakavebulia literaturuli moRvaweobiTa da fotografiiT. aris moTxrobebis oTxi saqarTvelo krebulis avtori. misi moTxrobebi, eseebi, statiebi da fotoebi, ukanaskneli aTi welia, ibeWdeba qarTul Jurnalebsa da saqarTvelo literaturul periodikaSi. rogorc gaicani saqarTvelo! mweralsa da fotografs, miRebuli aqvs araerTi jildo. rogorc samTo da veluri 20 qarTveli da ucxoeli fotoxelovanis bunebis gamyols, xSirad uwevs saqarTvelos 300-mde araCveulebrivi foto da mweral sxvadasxva kuTxeSi mogzauroba. arCil arCil qiqoZis monaTxrobi srulyofil

gia qiqoZis interess yovelTvis warmoadgenda warmodgenas SegiqmniT Tanamedrove saqarTvelos veluri buneba, qveynis saqarTvelos bunebis, geografiis, mosaxleobis – gansakuTrebiT maRalmTiani arqiteqturisa da xalxis Sesaxeb. regionebis mcxovreblebis eTnografia. albomi dayofilia istoriuli kuTxee- bis mixedviT. TiToeuli kuTxis istoria Tu geografiuli Taviseburebani, adaT- wesebi da legendebi, agreTve turistuli ARCHIL KIKODZE was born in 1972. He studied at RirsSesaniSnaobebi amomwuravadaa gad- the Oriental Studies Department, State University of mocemuli mokle, saintereso teqstebiT Tbilisi. He also studied at the Cinematography and da gaformebulia STambeWdavi fotoe- Dramaturgy Department, State Theatre and Cinema This is Georgia! biT. Institute of Tbilisi. Archil Kikodze has been involved About 300 wonderful photographs taken in literature for about 18 years. Simultaneously he samwuxarod, albomSi ver naxavT afxa- by 20 Georgian and foreign photographers zeTsa da samaCablos, vinaidan es ori has been taking up photography. He wrote four along with a narration by a writer Archil regioni okupirebulia da verafriT collections of stories. His stories, essays, articles and Kikodze create an absolute impression of moxerxda iqauri RirsSesaniSnaobebis photographs are published in Georgian magazines and nature, geography, architecture and people of firze aRbeWdva. Tumca imeds vitovebT, literary periodicals. Archil Kikodze was more than once modern Georgia. uaxloes momavalSi SevZlebT am xarvezis awarded as a writer and a photographer. Besides, he The album represents all historical parts gamosworebas. is a tour guide and leads people through mountains of the country. Brief and interesting texts orenovani teqsti, daxvewili dizaini da and wild nature. It often happens that he has to go on handsomely got up by means of magnificent travels to different parts of Georgia. Archil Kikodze has pictures tell us about history, geographic umaRlesi xarisxis poligrafia am wigns always been interested in wild nature of his country features, traditions and tourist attractions of saukeTeso saCuqrad aqcevs rogorc and ethnography of the local population. It’s Georgian each part of Georgia. qarTveli, ise ucxoeli mkiTxvelisaTvis. highlanders who arouse peculiar interest in him. Unfortunately, the album provides no information Tu gindaT, ucxoel stumars gaacnoT about Abkhazia and Samachablo. The two regions saqarTvelo, es fotoalbomi are occupied and it turned out to be totally aucileblad aCuqeT mas! impossible to photograph places of interest foto ydaze: there. However, we cherish hopes for having an TeTnuldis ZirSi, svaneTi opportunity to remedy this defect. arCil qiqoZe fasi 29.90 lari sulakauri.ge Cover photo: This book is the best present for Georgian and At the bottom of Tetnuldi, Svaneti foreign readers due to the bilingual text, excellent Archil Kikodze design and prime quality of printing. Present a foreign visitor with this album and make him acquainted with Georgia! facebook.com/bakursulakauripublishing

Georgia Georgian Script and Typography 26 Georgian and non-Georgian art History, Modern Age photographers have collected some 600 extraordinary photos, and with Authors: T. Varvaridze, S. Kintsurashvili, N. Churghulia the stories by the writer Archil Kikodze, we are given a complete After many years’ work by the picture of modern Georgia’s nature, graphic design association, a great geography, architecture and people. deal of very rich material has been The albums are divided according collected: stone carvings, wrought to historic areas, each area’s history, work, wall painting, calligraphic geographical features, customs, leg- samples of manuscript and decora- ends; Tourist attractions are given tive arts in the first palaeographic an exhaustive but brief interesting monuments, up to examples of text, accompanied by impressive twentieth-century work. We also photographs. have font samples beginning with the first Georgian printed book Number of pages: 240 and ending with the most recent Cover: Paperback Size: 22X26 cm digital fonts. History of the Geor- Published by: Bakur Sulakauri gian Script and Typography will Publishing House / 2014 help us to present and popularize Georgian writing world-wide, and to introduce it to the record of the world’s intangible cultural heritage, compiled by UNESCO; within the country, it will help the develop- ment and progress of Georgian scripts.

Number of pages: 504 Cover: Hard Size: 20X27 cm Published by: Graphic Design Association / 2015

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Savoring Georgia Georgian Embroidery

Author: R. Gorgiladze This book is the first publication This book is the first to discuss resulting from a wide-ranging the cuisine and festive traditions research into Georgian embroidery, of Georgia in the context of world in particular church embroidery. culinary culture. Georgia is an The book covers a wide chronolog- integral part of the Near East, and ical scale, from the 12th to the 19th throughout history it has expe- centuries, dealing just with the ar- rienced the influence of many tistic, compositional, iconographic cultures. ‘What I’m trying to do in and technical aspects of key church this book is to trace these influ- elements: Pietà tapestries, door ences back to their origins,’ says curtains, communion chalice the author. ‘This allows me to get cloths, liturgical stoles, priest’s to what is specifically Georgian.’ cuffs, complete priestly raiment, The centre piece of the book is the kerchiefs, priest’s belts and mitres. unique ‘Georgian flavour’. This is Each section of the collection has not a cookbook (although it has been studied by an individual some typical recipes), but an excit- author who has made an expert ing armchair journey through time scholarly study of his sphere over and space as we follow the trail of many years. This book is equally of the basic foodstuffs and spices used interest to specialists in Georgian in Georgia to create this ‘flavour’. art and art generally, and to anyone The book is lavishly illustrated with with an interest in the Georgian pictures of Georgia’s stunning land- cultural heritage. scape, and photographs of unique items from museums and libraries. Number of pages: 504 These range from prehistoric finds Cover: Hard, Super to medieval manuscripts. Size: 22.5X28 cm Published by: Karchkhadze Number of pages: 228 Publishing House / 2011 Cover: Paperback Size: 21.5X25.5 cm Published by: R. Gorgiladze / 2012

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