Kagorbe tari ta Rushalya

Kagorbe tari ta Rushalya (Rushalya from the Mountains) is a novel by Erai Raldergye, and the first of his series of five novels known as the Rushalya Elegies. Of the five it is probably the most well-known and most commonly read, and even today it is part of the high school literature course; it has also been translated into more than 100 languages worldwide.

The first line of the novel is one of the most famous lines in modern Risevan literature, and most Risevani can quote it: "Following the stream up the mountains one reaches the harsh midslopes; the spring that is the river's mother could hardly be seen amongst the rock and snow. Of all facts this must be the most inconceivable." The novel itself, meanwhile, deals with the first generation of the two families of Anesker and Masera, from around 1816 to around 1840 - the years immediately before and after the 1827 Restoration.