"Granny, Iliko, Illarion and I" was the first book written by Nodar Dumbadze (1928-1984), a major Georgian writer. The book, which has a strong autobiographical element, tells about the wartime childhood of an orphaned Georgian boy, and about his youth and studies at Tbilisi University. Its tone is one of mixed nostalgia and humour, and it abounds in uproarious anecdotes, distinctively national in mentality and situation.
