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OF PEARS AND MEN Rating The Pear Field (2015) is a tough nut because I am struggling with a disproportion between high importance of social issues Nana Ekvtimishvili addresses in this novel – for example violence against women, education of kids with special needs, pedophilia, child abandonment, inte Leggi tutto

I read this book due to its longlisting for the 2021 International Booker Prize> It is published by Peirene Press From their own website: “Peirene Press is an award-winning boutique publishing house, specialising in high-quality first-translations of contemporary European novellas. We only publish b Leggi tutto

Pirmoji pažintis su Sakartvelo literatūra, neabejoju, gana ilgam įsirėžusi į atmintį. Joje kalbama apie žmones užribiuose – ne tik vadinamosios „Idiotų mokyklos“ vaikus, bet ir visą juos supantį pasaulį, kuris tarsi burbulas, iš kurio ištrūkti atrodo neįmanoma, o kartais net neteisinga. Pradėjusi kny Leggi tutto

Now longlisted for the 2021 International Booker The Pear Field is the latest, beautifully produced, novel from the excellent independent Peirene Press, part of the 2020 Closed Universe Series, and is translated by Elizabeth Highway from Nana Ekvtimishvili’s 2015 Georgian original მსხლების მინდორი. Th Leggi tutto

One of my favourite novels from last year was Nino Haratischvili's epic “The Eighth Life” which follows multiple generations of a family from the country of Georgia. So it was fascinating to read a much more self-contained story from this nation with Nana Ekvtimishvili's “The Pear Field”. This is se Leggi tutto

The Pear Field is a book which almost demands to be read in one sitting, and I don't mean that as a compliment; this is one of those books that names every minor character who's as much as mentioned one single time, and it's so much to keep track of that it's a more efficient use of your time as a r Leggi tutto

"Kriaušių laukas: neturistinė kelionė į Sakartvelą.<...>Tai atviras žvilgsnis į dalelę Sakartvelo praeities, sąžiningas, nuoširdus ir neapgaudinėjantis."("Vertėjos žodis") Apie vaikų namus, kurie dar vadinti Idiotų namais, nes dauguma vaikų su raidos atsilikimu. Iš tikrųjų liūdna ir graudu buvo skait Leggi tutto

Kažkada kažkur (greičiausiai internete) teko ar girdėti, ar skaityti, kad Sakartvele vaikų namų nėra, nes ten kiekvienu vaiku pasirūpina giminės, kaimynai, draugai ar dar kas nors. Graži pasaka, kaip ir toji apie vieną Afrikos (Pietų Amerikos?) gentį, kur visi ratu apstoja prisidirbusį jos narį ir p Leggi tutto

2021 Uluslararası Booker Ödülü’nün uzun listesinde yer alan ‘Armut Bahçesi’ne bayıldım. Soluksuz okudum. Dört dörtlük bir romandı. Gürcü yazar Nana Ekvtimishvili’nin romanı sert, çarpıcı ve bir o kadar da buruk bir şekilde yüz gülümseten cinsten. Tiflis’teki bir zihinsel engelli çocuklar okulunda ge Leggi tutto