The Novice

Every step he takes could be his last. A young man who has escaped from a mountain monastery must unravel a tangle of riddles and contradictions in his struggle for freedom. On the dark paths of Georgia, he will have to fight not only with wild beasts: the most terrible battle is with himself. Faith, love, death, and freedom. What is Mtsyri rebelling for? How to escape the vicious circle?..