Nana Ekvtimishvili and Elizabeth Heighway on The Pear Field
Author Nana Ekvtimishvili and translator Elizabeth Heighway on what it’s like to see The Pear Field longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2021, and more
Elizabeth Heighway
Elizabeth Heighway has worked as a translator from Georgian and French since 2010
She has translated a number of contemporary Georgian works, including Aka Morchiladze’s Journey to Karabakh and the anthology Contemporary Georgian Fiction, both published by Dalkey Archive Press.
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Nana Ekvtimishvili’s debut is a moving story of oppression and escape, which takes a sideways swipe at society’s neglect of the vulnerable
Translated by Elizabeth Heighway