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This is a true masterpiece of a short novel that perfectly recreates the atmosphere and spirit of early nineteenth-century Georgia.

A young Georgian nobleman, Baduna Pavneli, leaves Tbilisi for the West in search of his deaf and mute brother, Tadia. Baduna is pursued across the country because he killed a tsarist officer. Baduna risks everything, not knowing what awaits him. And in addition to a series of risky adventures, he will have an unexpected meeting with his mother and the man who kidnapped her when Baduna was only seven years old...