About the book: 1966 / Otia Shalvovich Ioseliani was born in 1930 in the village of Gvishtibi, Tskaltuba region, Georgian SSR. He spent his childhood in his native village. Ioseliani’s first work was a story for children “Nisho”. In 1960, the first book of his short stories was published in Georgian. A collection of his short stories, “The Girl in White,” was published in Russian by the publishing house “Zarya Vostoka.” He was published in the magazines “Ural”, “Friendship of Peoples”, in newspapers and collections. Based on Ioseliani’s short stories “From the Fast Train” and “Levan”, films were made by a Georgian film studio. In 1961, Otia Shalvovich graduated from the Higher Literary Courses in Moscow. In the same year, he completed work on his first major work - the novel “Starfall”, which was translated into Russian. O. Ioseliani still lives and works in his native village of Gvishtibi. For young and middle-aged children.