The book Kazakhstan's Sorrow is the first full-fledged collection of Tsotne Chikovani's short stories. It was published in 2004 with small circulation, 300 copies. The book includes ten short stories written mainly over 1995-2003. These short stories are not of one particular style or trend. The stories are of different character. They also differ by size. Some of them, especially McNolts' Guest, is autobiographical story and mainly describes real events. McNolts' Guest is about author's travel to Ireland, which he visited in 1994 indeed and the story described there is a gospel truth. A story Paliashvili corner Barnov is noteworthy, which was written under the influence of Aka Morchiladze's famous novel August's Solitaire.









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