“Sandro from Chegem” is the main book of Fazil Iskander, a series of stories about the rogue and sage Uncle Sandro from a mountainous Caucasian village who always gets away with it, a humorous epic, a satire that contains episodes from different times: from pre-revolutionary to modern - where the unique talent of the author was clearly and powerfully manifested, taking us to the great multi-colored carnival of life, joyful, tragic and beautiful.