Vol. 13 No. 1 (2019): XIII International Symposium Contemporary Issues of Literary Studies : Political Events of 1980-1990s and Literary Discourse
Literary Trends in Post-Soviet and Post-Socialist Countries

Georgian Socio-Political Reality in the 1990-s According to Trilogy: („Performing Coup“, „White Bear“, „Bermuda Triangle“) by Otar Chkheidze

  • Kakhaber Loria
Kakhaber Loria
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Published 2019-12-20

Keywords

  • Modern Georgian Literature,
  • A Literary Chronicle,
  • Modern History of Georgia,
  • Chronological Distancing

Abstract

Otar Chkheidze is one of the outstanding representatives of modern Georgian literature. During post-soviet years Otar Chkheidze acknowledged his literary mastery once again, releasing the trilogy on tragic political events of the 90-s; the trilogy embraced novels “Performing Coup”, “White Bear”, and “Bermuda Triangle”. It can be said that these novels were written in the pace with the occurrence of the most important political events, which is always connected with taking certain risks in terms of creative work. However, rejection of chronological distancing was a deliberate choice made by the writer as well as the fact that he did not change authentic names of real characters.