The Lack Of Light by Nino Haratischwili
A Novel of Georgia
Set in Tbilisi during the collapse of the Soviet Union, the novel follows four childhood friends — Keto, Dina, Nene, and Ira — whose lives are shaped by political upheaval, secret love, and hardship. Their close bond is later broken by a painful event, and decades on three of them reunite at an exhibition of their late friend’s photographs, confronting buried memories. The book traces friendship, loss, and the effort to understand a shared past against the backdrop of a changing Georgia.
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- Published
- 2014
- Nationality
- German
- Length
- Long
- Pages
- 736
- Original Language
- German
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