A novel of Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani
Storyteller Saba Orbeliani
Fables let him say what would be dangerous spoken plainly — and his life becomes both art and resistance.
- Wisdom and Lies
- The European Mission
- A Secret Convert
- Exile and Witness
Fables allow him to say what would be dangerous spoken plainly.
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Storyteller: The Life and Times of Saba Orbeliani follows Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani (1658–1725)—Georgian noble, writer, diplomat, and secret Catholic convert—from his birth in the village of Tandzia through court life under the Bagrationi kings, the composition of The Book of Wisdom and Lies, his secret conversion, his European mission to Louis XIV and Pope Clement XI, and his persecution and exile.
A literary-historical epic of observation and storytelling: a keen witness to human weakness and political intrigue who discovers that fables allow him to say what would be dangerous spoken plainly—and whose life becomes both artistic achievement and quiet resistance.