A Woman's Burden
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| Author | Mikheil Javakhishvili |
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| Original title | ქალის ტვირთი |
| Language | Georgian |
| Subject | Revolution of 1905 |
| Genre | Social novel Historical novel |
| Set in | Georgia Russia |
| Published | 1936 |
| Publication place | Georgia |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 400 pages |
A Woman's Burden (Georgian: ქალის ტვირთი, romanized: kalis t'virti or Qalis tvirti) is the last novel by Georgian novelist Mikheil Javakhishvili. It was first published in 1936. Mikheil Javakhishvili was tortured and killed after publishing of this novel.[1]
This is a story of a revolutionary but bourgeoisie woman, Ketevan, whose lover, a Bolshevik underground worker Zurab, persuades her to marry a Tsarist gendarme officer, Avsharov, whom she is to kill. The novel remained censored until the late 1950s when he was rehabilitated and republished. The novel tells the story of a young Kate Akhatneli, the tragic fate of the nobility class background, ideologically in favor of the proletariat, however, in the end, there's no place to turn. Novel characters and historical figures are bred mentioned: Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, Anton Purtseladze, Niko Nikoladze, Young Stalin.[2]