On October 3 at 4:00 PM, Café Mziuri (21 Chavchavadze Avenue) will host the launch of Keta Tsitskishvili’s debut novel.
“Everyone looks for something of their own in contemporary literature. Some are drawn to one thing, others to another. For me, there is only one thing I ask: that a text written today does not turn its back on the present, run away from it, or hide from it. If something must be said, let it be said; if it must be shouted, let it be shouted; and if there is cause for alarm, let it sound the alarm.
Shattering is here. It is grounded in reality. It is about Georgia—its recent past and its present. It is about the story that both you and I know, the story we have both thought about: the banality of evil, where injustice oppressed justice, the powerful oppressed the weak, and the system oppressed the individual.
So that oppression does not remain merely oppression, evil does not remain evil, and injustice does not think we have forgotten or accepted it, we must write. We must expose evil and bring it to justice.” — Iva Pezuashvili
Admission is free. We look forward to seeing you!