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Stories I stole : From Georgia by Julius Lester is a travel available to read on EtoBox.

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Fed up with working for Time magazine in London, Steavenson moved to Georgia on a whim. Stories I Stole relates her time there in twenty vodka-fuelled episodes drawn from all over the country tales of love, friendship and power cuts, of duelling (Georgian style), of horse races in the mountains, wars and refugees, broken hearts, fixed elections, drinking sessions and a room containing a thousand roses. Stories I Stole is a wonderful example of a writer tackling an unconventional subject with such wit, humanity and sheer literary verve that one is unable to imagine why one never learnt more about Georgia before. Stories I Stole is a magnificent first book: erudite, engaged, candid and blissfully poetic. PROLOGUE: The author visits a bizarre Stalin theme park culminating in the eery viewing of Stalins death mask SHASHLIK, TAMADA, SUPRA The author visits Khaketi, where she is introduced to the tamada culture of exaggerated hospitality; a point-of-honour hospitality. During a marathon toasting session at dinner she realizes It is a kind of aggression. When they did not know you well, they filled your glass and filled it again and carefully watched how you drank it This was the Georgia

Who reads Stories I stole : From Georgia?

Author

Julius Lester

Publisher

Grove Press : Distributed by Publishers Group West

Published

1978

Language

EN

ISBN

9780802140678

Category

travel

Subjects

Fiction, Memoir, Biography

Rating

3.81 / 5 (137 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14