The Knight in the Panther's Skin

The book is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of the first printed edition of Shota Rustaveli's poem "Vephistkaosani" ("The Knight in Tiger Skin"), the most famous monument of Georgian literary culture of the twelfth century.

High earthly love and loyalty in friendship, duty and the meaning of earthly existence, glory, and ingloriousness, life, and death - these are the important philosophical problems that the author solves on the pages of a highly artistic, sophisticated poem. Rustaveli's work captivates readers of different nations and cultural traditions with its content, imagery, way of thinking, and poetic form. The uniqueness of the publication lies primarily in the fact that the book presents the original Georgian text and its literary translation into Ukrainian.

The publication is intended for a wide range of lovers of the gems of world literature; at the same time, it serves as a basis for various scientific studies.