Literary Metamorphosis: The Cult of the Reader and Authorial Identity: (Givi Margvelashvili's Miniatures)

Abstract

In I Am a Book Hero, Givi Margvelashvili reflects on existence, authorship, and identity through a postmodern lens. Influenced by Borges, he blurs the boundaries between life and text, suggesting that hu­man identity is inseparable from artistic creation. Declaring “I am a book hero,” Margvelashvili implies that the author attains immortality through the reader, who simultaneously “reads themselves” into the work. His vision redefines the act of reading as creative participation rather than passive reception. By mer­ging reality and fiction, Margvelashvili constructs a space where intellectual freedom replaces the ordinary, turning literature into a living process of mutual discovery.