Jaqo's Dispossessed

Jaqo's Dispossessed
Author Mikheil Javakhishvili
Original title ჯაყოს ხიზნები
Country Georgia
Language Georgian
Genre Social novel
Philosophical fiction
Publication date
1924
Media type Print (hardback)
Pages 300 pages

Jaqo's Dispossessed (Georgian: ჯაყოს ხიზნები; Jaqos khiznebi) is a novel by Georgian novelist Mikheil Javakhishvili. It was first published in magazine Mnatobi (in 1924 - № 7–8 and 1925 - № 1). During his life, it was published twice as a book, in 1925 and 1926. It took author 20 years to write this novel.[1] This novel, which depicts social problems in the early 20th century of Georgia, is reputed to be a magnum opus of the author.

Plot

A principled nobleman Teimuraz Khevistavi with his wife Margo live poorly in Tbilisi and are getting more impoverished due to Soviet invasion in Georgia. Their farm laborer Jaqo takes advantage of naivety and poverty of Teimuraz and seizes whole their belongings through deception.

References

  1. მიხეილ ჯავახიშვილი, რჩეული თხზულებანი ექვს ტომად. ტომი II. გვ. 583. სახელმწიფო გამომცემლობა "საბჭოთა საქართველო" თბილისი, 1959 წელი
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