Reading by
Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili

Georgia is a small country with about 4 million inhabitants and its old literary tradition dates back to the 5th century. The Frankfurt Book Fair will provide an insight into the different kinds of literature for the German readership.

Guram Dotschanaschwili's narration "Der Mann, der die Literatur sehr liebte" (meaning "The man who loved literature very much") deals with a protagonist who is of the opinion that every single narration changes people in a better way, it enriches their lives and helps to accept death. Walther Benjamin believes that literary in general is determined to share experiences. The Georgian contemporary writers want to inform the German readership about their experiences of a traumatized transforming society, about their attempt to create a new order, a new place in the world and the changing circumstances in their society far in the East of Europe. The Georgian literature is characterized by a very optimistic tone in spite of everything what happened in the past. These experiences are expressed in stories and novels which are both very traditional and modern.

The Kur-Apotheke provides "literature on prescription" and the audience will get to know modern and exciting literature with traditional roots and beyond there will be an insight into the sociopolitical development of Georgia over the last 25 years.

A start into this year's Literaturpflaster, which one should not miss.

Location:
Kur-Apotheke Wolter, Poststraße 15 (Sparkassengebäude)

Friday, 14th of September 2018

Beginning:
7:30 pm

Admission:
5,- € / 2,- €

Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili

Dr. Zaal Andronikashvili (*1973) is a literary scholar and publicist. He is a research assistant at the Centre for Literary and Cultural Research (Berlin) and professor at the Ilia State University of Tbilisi. He studied history and literary studies in Tbilisi and Saarbrücken and received his doctorate in Göttingen in 2005.

Publications

Landna(h)me Georgien. Studies on cultural semantics (together with Emzar Jgerenaia and Franziska Thun-Hohenstein, 2018 in print).