Fish Letters (and other stories)

This collection brings together five masterful short stories that capture Goderdzi Chokheli’s genius as a chronicler of his time. Set in the wild mountain villages in 20th-century Georgia, these charming, heartbreaking stories explore the full territory of human experience.
Chokheli’s storytelling method is perhaps best shown in ‘Cipollino’, where an ethnographic account of villagers’ age-old customs leads into a hilarious tale which ends on a poignant note. ‘Fish Letters’ is the story of a...