Malkhaz Gorgiladze

The position of village headman is inherited, but one day a stranger of unknown origin takes over the reins of the village and dominates the people.

In the hot summer of 1917, the nineteen-year-old peasant Georgy Zakareishvili left his village in search of work and, settling on a French ship, ...

Characters from the sick Nikala’s own paintings appear and talk to him.