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Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1960 | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date 1960 Pages 200 pages | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title მე, ბებია, ილიკო და ილარიონი Adaptations Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarion (1963) People also search for The Sunny Night, The law of eternity, I Can See the Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Me, Grandma, Iliko and Ilarioni (Georgian: მე, ბებია, ილიკო და ილარიონი) is a first novel written by Nodar Dumbadze in 1960. Author accompanies his characters through the seasons, through the war and then the peace. The “Me” in the title is Zuriko, an orphan who lives with his grandmother Olga.
Plot
The life of Zurikela an orphan passes in the hands of his grandmother Olga and weirdly funny and loving neighbors,Hilarion and Iliko. Despite of war and famine these people never lose the sense of humour. Iliko and Hilarion constantly prank each other in a series of practical jokes, though they are closest frinds. Meanwhile, Zuriko writes his first poem and his first love letter. The time passes. Zuriko graduates in Tbilisi and comes back to his village.