Georgia

A Remembrance Of Fazil Iskander: 'We Have All Lost A Close Relative'

Fazil Iskander, a powerful and prolific Soviet-era writer who made his native Abkhazia region of Georgia a frequent subject, has died at the age of 87. "Through the tiny mirror of Abkhazia, he managed to reflect an entire epoch of the Soviet Union," fellow writer Andrei Bitov said.