La: Jalousie Qartulad

The keyword (La Jalousie in Georgian) typically refers to two major French cultural works: the revolutionary 1957 novel by Alain Robbe-Grillet and the 2013 drama film directed by Philippe Garrel .

To read La Jalousie Qartulad is to confront the impossibility of pure translation. The French Nouveau Roman rejects psychology. Georgian literary tradition, from Shota Rustaveli’s The Knight in the Panther’s Skin to contemporary prose, thrives on psychological excess — love, vengeance, loyalty, exile. A Georgian jealous hero would likely confront his rival or weep at a grave. Robbe-Grillet’s hero does nothing. He watches. He records. He repeats. La Jalousie Qartulad