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Sergo Kldiashvili | 1893-1986 | Orpheus (Sergo Kldiashvili, works in 2 volumes (stories and novels), vol. 2, edited by N. Zhgenti, Tbilisi, 1966) | Prose | “Akaki [Tsereteli] had been noticed frequently in Tbilisi and Kutaisi, walking in the street or sitting in a cab, […] this tall, elderly-man-Orpheus used to walk somehow solemnly.”... |
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Sergo Kldiashvili | 1893-1986 | Enamel girl in pawn shop (Sergo Kldiashvili, works in 2 volumes (stories and novels), vol. 1, edited by N. Zhgenti, Tbilisi, 1966) | Prose | “This worker from pawn shop, just like Caesar in ancient times, is recognized as an unerring creature” (pg. 403) |
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Sergo Kldiashvili | 1893-1986 | An ancient story (Sergo Kldiashvili, works in 2 volumes (stories and novels), vol. 1, edited by N. Zhgenti, Tbilisi, 1966) | Prose | “An ancient story” has to do with Alexander Macedonian and his outstanding sculptor – Lysippos. (pg. 173-174) |
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Sergo Kldiashvili | 1893-1986 | Serapita (Sergo Kldiashvili, works in 2 volumes (stories and novels), vol. 1, edited by N. Zhgenti, Tbilisi, 1966) | Prose | “How many have there been in Georgia like Serapita?” (pg. 138) “Serapita was the wife of Iodmangan – the supervisor of the court of the Iberian King –... |
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Givi Alkhazishvili | 1944 | *** (Who’s ever Heard of Achilles without that Heel) (Givi Alkhazishvili, “The Unknown Sun”, publishing house “Saunje”, Tbilisi, 2014) | Poetry | “Who’s ever heard of Achilles without that heel […] You’re Achilles’ heel, from head to foot, and I don’t pity you And who has sharpened those deceitful... |
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Givi Alkhazishvili | 1944 | The Time of Sirius (“Returned Gaze”, publishing house “Saunje””, 2010) | Poetry | “The ladies are full of passion now, men are overcome with weakness, Their heads and knees are scorched by Sirius’ heat”* Alcaeus – “It won’t let me go,... |
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Givi Alkhazishvili | 1944 | The Minutes, which are Filled with us (“Returned Gaze”, publishing house “Saunje””, 2010) | Poetry | “Let us surrender ourselves to love”… Vergil |
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Givi Alkhazishvili | 1944 | The letter (Givi Alkhazishvili, Poems), Meridiani, Tbilisi, 2005) | Poetry | “Remembering Sappho, sometimes Aesop, sometimes Alcaeus, Thinking about a gorgeous girl and her dress, […] The dream has come true, we are excessively free And... |
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Givi Alkhazishvili | 1944 | *** (Whatever I’m Writing with Blue Ink), (Givi Alkhazishvili, Break-out Wish), Tbilisi, 2005) | Poetry | “Whatever I’m writing with blue ink, Somehow is a part of blood, I am watching a Hellenian, descended from the book - Who is carefully absorbing all... |
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Givi Alkhazishvili | 1944 | *** (Not Long before March) (Givi Alkhazishvili, Break-out Wish), Tbilisi, 2005) | Poetry | “Not long before March, Which March? I’m sitting and watching… Neither Helen, Nor Artemis – Different epoch glitters in her eyes” (pg. 37) |
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