The Snake's Skin
1926
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288
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A cornerstone of Georgian literary modernism, Snake Skin—much admired by Stefan Zweig—crossbreeds Wagnerian fantasy with Georgian paganism to produce a novel of unsettling originality. Partaking equally of Nietzsche, Andrei Bely, and such flights of grotesque fancy as Lautr?amont's Maldoror, this is the story of a British soldier named Archibald McAsh who, during an epic journey across Persia, discovers the primeval Georgian lurking within himself: Archil Makashvili.
Avg Rating
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Author
Grigol Robakidze
Author · 5 books
Grigol Robakidze [Georgian: გრიგოლ რობაქიძე] (October 28, 1882 – November 19, 1962) was a Georgian writer, publicist, and public figure primarily known for his exotic prose and anti-Soviet émigré activities.
