Kvachi / Mikheil Javakhishvili ; translated by Donald Rayfield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Javaxišvili, Mixeil, 1880-1937, author.

Contributor:

Rayfield, Donald, 1942- translator.

Series:

Georgian literature series

Standardized Title:

Kvachi Kvachantiradze. English

Language:

English

Georgian

Genre:

Georgian fiction.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

538 pages ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Champaign, [Illinois] : Dalkey Archive Press, 2014.

Language Note:

Translated from the Georgian.

Summary:

"This is, in brief, the story of a swindler: a Georgian Felix Krull, or perhaps a cynical Don Quixote, named Kvachi Kvachantiradze. He is a womanizer, cheat, perpetrator of insurance fraud, bank robber, associate of Rasputin, filmmaker, revolutionary, and pimp. Though originally denounced as pornographic, Kvachi's tale is one of the great classics of twentieth-century Georgian literature--and a hilarious romp to boot" -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in Georgian as Kvachi Kvachantiradze" -- Verso title page.

ISBN:

9781564788795

1564788792

OCLC:

885983248