The Right Hand of the Grand Master
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The Right Hand of the Grand Master (Georgian: დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა, The Right Hand of the Grand Master Constantine), also published as The Hand of the Great Master is a historical novel by 20th century Georgian writer Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, who first published it in 1939 in a literary magazine Mnatobi. Subtitled a "knightly novel" by the author, the book received much critical acclaim in Georgia and in Soviet Union as a whole, selling 700,000 copies of 12 publications of its Russian-translated version in the author's lifetime alone. A two-episode feature film The Right Hand of the Grand Master based on the novel and directed by Vakhtang Tabliashvili and Devi Abashidze was premiered in 1969.
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Author | Konstantine Gamsakhurdia |
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Original title | დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა |
Translator | Vakhtang Eristavi (to English) |
Country | Georgia |
Language | Georgian |
Genre | Historical fiction, historical romance, Modernist novel |
Published | March 31, 1939 |
Pages | 397 |
ISBN | 978-9941-422-77-5 |
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