Georgia

Reviews / Votes

'Informative, highly personal and often lyrical, abundant in colourful descriptions of places and characters, and peppered with good humour, numerous allusions from Russian, Western and Georgian literature and real insights into many aspects of the complex phenomena of Georgian culture and national character. The book is provided with excellent photos, maps and old pictures. Illustrations are sometimes no less eloquent than the text itself This excellently written book will cerntainly help the Western reader better understand the complexities of the past and present of this ancient Transcaucasian nation.' - Viacheslav Chirikba, Asian Affairs

'The first edition of 'Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry' dates back to 1998, and this new edition brings it up to date with material that covers the Rose Revolution and its aftermath. It is a first-person story of two decades of journeys to Georgia and has all the pluses and minuses of an insider's account. Yet the book is worth having for the photographs alone, and should be on the shelf of anyone who wants to understand the Caucasus.' - The Moscow Times, Arts and Ideas 'The first edition of 'Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry' dates back to 1998, and this new edition brings it up to date with material that covers the Rose Revolution and its aftermath. It is a first-person story of two decades of journeys to Georgia and has all the pluses and minuses of an insider's account. Yet the book is worth having for the photographs alone, and should be on the shelf of anyone who wants to understand the Caucasus.' - The Moscow Times, Arts and Ideas