{"product_id":"chavchavadze-ilia-the-widow-otarashvili-otaraant-qvrivi-autolithographs-by-t-kubaneyshvili-1957-in-georgian","title":"Chavchavadze, Ilia. The Widow Otarashvili (Otaraant Qvrivi). Autolithographs by T. Kubaneyshvili, 1957. In Georgian.","description":"\u003cp\u003eჭავჭავაძე, ილია (1837-1907). ოთარაანთ ქვრივი \/ ავტოლიტოგრ. თ. ყუბანეიშვილის ; საქ. სსრ განათლ. სამ-რო, საბლიტგამი.\u003cbr\u003eთბ. : საბლიტგამი, 1957. 63 გვ. : ილ. ; 28 სმ. ტირაჟი 10 000 ც.\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003eChavchavadze, Ilia (1837-1907). The Widow Otarashvili \/ autolithographs by T. Kubaneyshvili ; Ministry of Education of the Georgian SSR ; Sabalitgami (Georgian State Children's Literature Publishing House).\u003cbr\u003eTbilisi : Sabalitgami, 1957. 63 pp. : illustrations ; 28 cm.\u003cbr\u003eHardcover. Print run of 10,000 copies.\u003cbr\u003eCondition good: boards with substantial yellowing and scattered staining throughout, with minor split at upper corner of front board; cloth spine intact; text block firm, complete, and clean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIlia Chavchavadze (1837-1907) is the central figure of nineteenth-century Georgian literature and national awakening, canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as a saint and righteous martyr in 1987. A poet, novelist, publicist, and political leader, he founded the journal Iveria in 1877 and led the literary and national movement known as Tergdaleulni (Those Who Have Crossed the Terek), which made his name synonymous with Georgian cultural identity. The Widow Otarashvili (Otaraant Qvrivi, 1887) is among his most celebrated prose works: a social realist novella set in rural Kartli, tracing the struggle of a Georgian peasant widow and her son against poverty, injustice, and the indifference of the rural commune. The work is a landmark of Georgian realistic prose and a fixture of the Georgian school curriculum. The 1957 Sabalitgami edition is notable for its autolithographic illustrations by T. Kubaneyshvili: autolithography is a printmaking technique in which the artist draws directly onto the lithographic stone, producing original graphic works rather than mechanical reproductions. Issued in a large format suited to the visual content, the volume was produced under the Ministry of Education of the Georgian SSR's children's and educational literature imprint. Of interest to collectors of Georgian literary classics, Soviet-era Georgian illustrated books, and the graphic arts of mid-twentieth-century Tbilisi.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stanza Rare Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309612429354,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/6359\/5306\/files\/IMG_2573.jpg?v=1777896874","url":"https:\/\/stanzararebooks.com\/products\/chavchavadze-ilia-the-widow-otarashvili-otaraant-qvrivi-autolithographs-by-t-kubaneyshvili-1957-in-georgian","provider":"Stanza Rare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}