The Navigator | Georgian Fiction

In this hilariously satirical play, Rostom, an unsuccessful man, is going through a midlife crisis. He is content with his regular (though boring) office routine until his life takes an entirely unexpected course. He is forced to leave his comfortable desk to be reassigned to a location in another part of the country that requires a lot of driving. During these work trips he starts talking to the female GPS voice in his company car, gradually falling in love with her, while his life outside this virtual relationship completely falls apart.

Lasha Bugadze writes fiction and is also a playwright and the host of book programs on Georgian TV. Born in 1977, he lives and works in Tbilisi. His novel A Small Country (2017), won all three big literary awards in Georgia in 2018: Saba, Ilia State University Award and Litera. Lasha won the International BBC Playwriting Competition in 2011 for the play The Navigator, and his play The President Has Come to See You was performed at London’s Royal Court Theatre in 2013.