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Georgia

Falling Apart

By Davit Gabunia

“He can run from this business but he can’t hide.”

Translated from Georgian by Adham Smart

In Search of Lavrenti Beria

By Tamta Melashvili

“The troika was the Holy Trinity of its time.”

Translated from Georgian by Donald Rayfield

A Small Country

By Lasha Bugadze

“People get killed for less nowadays . . . “

Translated from Georgian by Maya Kiasashvili

The Southern Mammoth

By Archil Kikodze

“You’ve got to act fast in this city.”

Translated from Georgian by Maya Kiasashvili

Exporting Georgian Literature

By Gvantsa Jobava

Georgian writers have always had a powerful influence on the nation’s consciousness, and this is as true now as it was in the past.

Translated from Georgian by Philip Price

Meskhi vs. Meskhi

By Teona Dolenjashvili

He has never looked less like a potential father.

Translated from Georgian by Philip Price

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Military Drills

By Lela Samniashvili

Who can escape his own charisma

Translated from Georgian by Mac Dunlop & Natalia Bukia-Peters

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A Run in My Stocking

By Lela Samniashvili

I know there is the curse of god and the curse of being human

Translated from Georgian by Mac Dunlop & Natalia Bukia-Peters

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Shevardnadze and Me: The Beginning

By Gela Charkviani

All I had to do was wait for the right circumstances.

Translated from Georgian by Philip Price

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The Children of Beslan (To My Children)

By Irakli Kakabadze

We left toys with wilted smiles on the beds

Translated from Georgian by Mary Childs

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Seventeen Poems by Iaki Kabe

By Irakli Kakabadze

It had rained, / The lilacs were rejoicing.

Translated from Georgian by Mary Childs

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Little Dipper

By Naira Gelashvili

“I’ve been dreaming about this all my life, to kiss the Little Dipper.

Translated from Georgian by Mary Childs

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The Killer

By Beka Kurkhuli

He swam through the thick white sea and he could no longer feel his heart.

Translated from Georgian by Natalia Bukia-Peters & Victoria Field

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Counting Out

By Tamta Melashvili

Something stinks round here, I said, and stopped. It’s coming from the ravine.

Translated from Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway

My Story of Chess

By Shota Iatashvili

Her hand would travel around the board, creeping up on a piece as she mumbled in a kind of trance: J'adoube, j'adoube, j'adoube . . .

Translated from Georgian by Elizabeth Heighway

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Galaktioni and I

By Terenti Graneli

Yesterday, I was sick, I was dying,

Translated from Georgian by Adam J. Sorkin & Nana Bukhradze

What Time Is It?

By Terenti Graneli

Now, no doubt, the hour must be late . . .

Translated from Georgian by Adam J. Sorkin & Nana Bukhradze