The Right Hand of the Grand Master
 Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, 1911 | |
| Author | Konstantine Gamsakhurdia |
|---|---|
| Original title | დიდოსტატის კონსტანტინეს მარჯვენა |
| Translator | Vakhtang Eristavi (to English) |
| Country | Georgian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Language | Georgian |
| Genre | Historical fiction, historical romance, chivalric romance |
| Published | March 31, 1939 |
| Pages | 397 |
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 "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.
Plot introduction
The story is based on the partially legendary story of renovation of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in 1010s Kingdom of Georgia by a young enigmatic architect Constantine Arsukidze (stylized as Constantine Arsakidze in the book).
Further reading
- Rayfield, Donald. The Literature of Georgia: A History, Routledge publishing, London 2013, p. 249