We have the pleasure to invite you to the double book launch of "Timeless". The first internationally published novel written by a Georgian has just been translated into Georgian – and is now published here for the first time. Written in 1949 in English and published in California, the book was forgotten until last year when the English writer Peter Nasmyth found it in a bookshop in London. He republished it and the book was widely read and reviewed, (including on the BBC and in the Financial Times).
This passionate love story between a Georgian Prince and Russian Princess, set between Paris, Tbilisi, Davos and the Caucasian mountains was the only book the author wrote and is mostly true. He left Georgia in 1921 and unable to return, asked that his heart be buried in Georgia. His relatives smuggled it back to Tbilisi in 1988 and buried it in Vera cemetery.
Now the book finally returns to Georgia, to accompany his heart.
To celebrate the republication of both the English and Georgian editions, the author’s son, Charles Tchkotoua is flying from Spain; Peter Nasmyth and David Tobin (owner of the London bookshop where it was found) will also be present.
Translated by Irakli Topuria and Kakha Jambouria, published by Bakur Sulakauri - the book’s return to Tbilisi will be toasted by a new wine created especially for the occasion by Irakli Topuria. Like the love that the book celebrates, it too will be called ‘Timeless,’ and shall be drunk by all at the launch.
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