A real page turner. Both are justified The Eighth Lifethe story of a family, a country, a centuryis an imaginative, expansive, and important read. STARRED REVIEW Bethany Latham, Booklist, If its a family saga youre seeking, look no further than this grand tale The author gracefully interweaves the historical backdrop of her novel with the lives of her characters, thus adding depth to her story. It's the story of six generations of the Jashi family, written by Niza, the fifth generation, while she's in exile in Germany, for her troubled, autistic niece Brilka. Charlotte Collins studied English Literature at Cambridge University and worked as an actor and radio journalist in Germany and the UK before becoming a literary translator. The world fell away and I fell, wholly, happily, into the book My breath caught in my throat, tears nestled in my lashes devastatingly brilliant., This multigenerational epic offers not only a critique of Soviet and Russian imperial ambitions but a necessary reappraisal of Georgian history., [A]n exceptional, deeply evocative saga of an elite Georgian family as they endure the 20th centurys political upheavals, from before the Bolshevik Revolution through the post-Soviet era In heartfelt prose, Haratischvili seamlessly weaves the political upheaval around the characters into the love and loss in their lives. I felt part of this family as I traveled with them through time and history; as they shared with me all the threads of their woven carpet, generations old I loved this amazing book. Shannon Alden, Literati Bookstore, Its definitely the best work of fiction I've read in the last year. John Leake, Novel Bookstore, The scope is Tolstoyan: the drama of War and Peace, the emotion of Anna Karenina A sprinkling of Allendesque magic realism is added, along with a handful of spirits and a secret recipe for delicious and addictive hot chocolate that appears to curse those who drink it. Lizzy Siddal, The Riveter, The Eighth Life is capacious, voluble, urgent, readable, translated heroically and sparklingly by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin. Julian Evans, Stuff, If you only read one book this year make sure it is The Eighth Life Intricately crafted and addictive, The Eighth Life is an extraordinary, dramatic and compelling read The ambitious, vivid and unflinching translation from the original German by Ruth Martin and Charlotte Collins is in itself a work of art, and deserves to win every translation prize going. BookBlast, [A] generational saga of 20th-century Georgia with the drama and grandeur to be Georgias Gone With the Wind. Lit Hub, Everybody requires a new, vigorous narrative of European ideals, of the European past Nino Haratischwili has created this narrative in her new novel. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Nino Haratischwili has written a great book: a book which ranges over a century and half of the globe; a book however, within whichas in the infants experienceeverything is only love and dread. I can't praise it enough. Niza likens it to weaving an intricate carpet: the threads of each character are woven into a complicated pattern that can only be 'read' when it is complete. I lived in Georgia for two years at the end of the 1990s and, like all visitors, fell in love with its charms. It is the story of a people living and thriving and struggling to survive through wars and in the grip of a totalitarian empire. Queen Elizabeth II is the world's longest-reigning monarch and has been on the throne for a whopping 66 years. Covers many years of Russia/Georgia history. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste. Something rather extraordinary happened. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. : Shipping cost, delivery date, and order total (including tax) shown at checkout. It is sure to be an instant classic. Haratischvili has created a fascinating cast (and its easy to imagine it as a television series) whose lives illuminate some of the greatest events of the 20th century., Elegant it demonstrates a technical mastery, impressively sustained, is more than a family saga: it is an ode, a lamentation, a monumentto Georgia, its people, its past and future., is capacious, voluble, urgent, readable, translated heroically and sparklingly by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin., Spanning six generations of a family between 1900 and the 21st century, its characters travel to Tbilisi, Moscow, London and Berlin in an epic story of doomed romance that combines humor with magic realism., , Ten of the best new books in translation, Nino Haratischvili's elegant epic is a triumph of both authorship and painstaking translation, is an unforgettable love letter to Georgia and the Caucasus, to lives led and to come, and to writing itself., is a lavish banquet of family stories that can, for all their sorrows, be devoured with gluttonous delight. The Eighth Life (for Brilka), originally published in German in 2014, has the heft and sweep to overturn such misconceptions, while introducing the uninitiated to a beguiling culture. It is long, but every time I would think -- wow this is long, I dove right back in and was impressed by the epic story and the finely crafted characters. Highly recommended. Even as Niza tries to make a life in a new land, she is compelled to recognize that all the stories she grew up with formed the very ingredients of my life. Compiling them, confronting them is her gift to her niece, the girl who had set out, undaunted, to look for a new, better story for herself and her ghosts, the girl who didnt drink the cursed chocolate but poured the remains down the sink, the girl who might just have a chance. And hot chocolate. Time hurried by, as fast as you can turn the pages. The dynasty begins with a master chocolate maker who has developed a recipe for a chocolate drink that induces an ecstatic mood - but, as the more superstitious of the family believe, it also carries a curse. Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2021. : Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. One of the things I like about the novel is that it doesn't just split the story up into parts, as the structure suggests, but sweeps the whole into one great narrative, so that we follow all the main characters throughout their lives. Henry VIII (28 June 1491 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland, later King of Ireland and claimant to the Kingdom of France, from 21 April 1509 until his death. Great characters and greater relationships come and go and come again; the world shakes, and shakes some more, and the reader rejoices to have found at last one of those glorious old books in which you can live and learn, be lost and found, and make indelible new friends. Includes initial monthly payment and selected options. It is just like the chocolate sheer perfection. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste . At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian empire, a family prospers. If a small amount of the ingredients are added to normal chocolate, so it becomes a must have product, but to make the actual hot chocolate drink is believed by the women to be cursed and can even lead to an addiction. 1917: Stasia rushes to Petrograd in the midst of revolution to search for her husband. The development of the characters is very careful, detailed, and logical. . , Screen Reader Ruth Martin has a PhD in German literature and philosophy, and has been translating fiction and non-fiction books since 2009. Nino Haratischvilis characters come to exuberant life. Each turbulent event forms its own story, but the Jashi line continues through the process, impacted by the waves from previous events. Dreams are hung, drawn and quartered. The 60s herald teenagers and rebellion, but for this generation it is a false dawn; Stasias daughter sings to the demonstrators in the middle of the Prague Spring as the tanks roll in. Not only it gives you a unique perspective on the history of 20th century from the one of a lesser known countries - Georgia. Tumbling down the years, and across vast expanses of longing and loss, generation after generation of this compelling family hears echoes and sees reflections. Civil war, ethnic wars, banditry on the street, heroin. As a young man and monarch, second in the Tudor. Are you ready to finally bloom where youre planted? Haratischvili is acute on the push-me, pull-you complex of Georgias relationship with Russia. The red century devours a family, and history comes with a pinch of chocolateLike Water for Chocolate, even. Brigitte, The Eighth Life is a sprawling family saga, to be savored for its grandeur, scope and scale Interwoven with love, loss, trumps and tragedy are the uncanny impacts of a family recipe for divine hot chocolate, which just might carry a curse enthralling and satisfying. FIVE STARS Maureen Eppen, Good Reading, This multi-award winning novel is a riveting read You too often want to pause and appreciate delightful twists, intriguing concepts, the catch-your-breath unexpected. The Australian, The Eighth Life is the sort of book that sweeps you along, sustaining a tremendous feeling of urgency, as if the narrator is desperate to get it all out, get it all on paper, before the family curse catches up with her. The Saturday Paper, A harrowing, heartening and utterly engrossing epic novel astonishing A subtle and compelling translation by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin (on the heels of a Georgian version earlier this year) should make this as great a literary phenomenon in English as it has been in German. The Guardian, This is one for long-haul flights or the Christmas lock-in. Aer Lingus, Discover more of the authors books, see similar authors, read author blogs and more. Learn more. Simply put, Once I finished this amazing family tale, the gold is worn off the cover in places, but the memories that made for a story told well will remain with me. Not only is this a compelling, sweeping, epic novel about Russia, it is also told from the point of view of the women who suffered, fought, and saw the world through a different lens. It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Prince Charles . Both are justified The Eighth Lifethe story of a family, a country, a centuryis an imaginative, expansive, and important read. STARRED REVIEW Bethany Latham, Booklist, If its a family saga youre seeking, look no further than this grand tale The author gracefully interweaves the historical backdrop of her novel with the lives of her characters, thus adding depth to her story. She has been translating fiction and nonfiction books since 2010, by authors ranging from Joseph Roth and Hannah Arendt to Volker Weidermann and Shida Bazyar. It won the Anna Seghers Prize, the Lessing Prize Stipend, and the Bertolt Brecht Prize, and was longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2020. widowed 1514. married to Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, on 3 March 1515 in Paris. These ebooks can only be redeemed by recipients in the US. Georgia lies on the southern flank of the Caucasus Mountains, east of the Black Sea. This is a very long book that tells the story of four generations of a Georgian family, which started with the great-grandfather, a famous chocolatier. Here lie the powerful silences of unspeakable traumas and of culpability too, the blanks of all those who have been forgotten.. 871 - 1066. As in 900 pages covering generations of a single family, of the remarkable events and amazing women, in particular, who defined this lineage from the Bolshevik occupation of the country to the early twenty-first century. : The sweep is 100 years, 5 generations of life, mostly in Georgia and Russia, but also western Europe. Not Russian, it's GEORGIAN story! After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Niza writes, like her author, from the vantage of an expatriate in Germany. This story shows how Georgians think of themselves, and perhaps more importantly how others think of them, something which is always of relevance on the international stage. If youre tired of hustling to be the best, take a load off with Scarlet and say the honest and laughable truth along with her: were the worst people in the world! The world fell away and I fell, wholly, happily, into the book My breath caught in my throat, tears nestled in my lashes devastatingly brilliant. Wendell Steavenson, The New York Times Book Review, This multigenerational epic offers not only a critique of Soviet and Russian imperial ambitions but a necessary reappraisal of Georgian history. The New Yorker, [A]n exceptional, deeply evocative saga of an elite Georgian family as they endure the 20th centurys political upheavals, from before the Bolshevik Revolution through the post-Soviet era In heartfelt prose, Haratischvili seamlessly weaves the political upheaval around the characters into the love and loss in their lives. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. The willingness of the novel to embrace tragedy stories dont always have happy endings and villains dont always get their just deserts is unusual but refreshingly so. Many novels have grand ambitions. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. It is long, but every time I would think -- wow this is long, I dove right back in and was impressed by the epic story and the finely crafted characters. This is an amazing book. Epic! Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. This is probably my best book of the year. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Prince Harry. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Unfamiliar readers, fear not; Haratischvili writes deceptively easy prose and inserts historical and cultural references, as clear as an almanac, along the way. Her father is a well-to-do chocolate maker who tells her his secret recipe, warning of a curse. You have to go back to Elena Ferranti's Neopolitan quartet of novels for something comparable, or further back, to Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' - what they did for Italy and India respectively Nino Haratischvili does for Georgia, covering the whole of the 20th century. I built up a family tree, adding the most notable subsidiary characters, because as the century unfolds the canvas becomes crowded. It's written to try answer the latter's questions regarding the secrets of her family, and to lay some troubling family ghosts. Stunning novel. This book is in good condition and shows normal wear to cover and corners. But she was wrong., At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers. I felt part of this family as I traveled with them through time and history; as they shared with me all the threads of their woven carpet, generations old I loved this amazing book. Shannon Alden, Literati Bookstore, Its definitely the best work of fiction I've read in the last year. John Leake, Novel Bookstore, The scope is Tolstoyan: the drama of War and Peace, the emotion of Anna Karenina A sprinkling of Allendesque magic realism is added, along with a handful of spirits and a secret recipe for delicious and addictive hot chocolate that appears to curse those who drink it. Lizzy Siddal, The Riveter, The Eighth Life is capacious, voluble, urgent, readable, translated heroically and sparklingly by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin. Julian Evans, Stuff, If you only read one book this year make sure it is The Eighth Life Intricately crafted and addictive, The Eighth Life is an extraordinary, dramatic and compelling read The ambitious, vivid and unflinching translation from the original German by Ruth Martin and Charlotte Collins is in itself a work of art, and deserves to win every translation prize going. BookBlast, [A] generational saga of 20th-century Georgia with the drama and grandeur to be Georgias Gone With the Wind. Lit Hub, Everybody requires a new, vigorous narrative of European ideals, of the European past Nino Haratischwili has created this narrative in her new novel. Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, Nino Haratischwili has written a great book: a book which ranges over a century and half of the globe; a book however, within whichas in the infants experienceeverything is only love and dread. An epic family saga beginning with the Russian Revolution and swirling across a century, encompassing war, loss, love requited and unrequited, ghosts, joy, massacres, tragedy. When Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell wrote Georgia on My Mind they were of course not referring to the actual country with that name, but it seems as good a title as any for my review. King Henry VIII Religion It happened during the siege of Leningrad, when hope had slipped to nothing and the skeletons beneath the earth beat time. Two lovers were separated by the blockade. Nino Haratischvilis The Eighth Life is a multi-generational saga focusing on a Georgian family and written by Niza Jashi for her 12 year-old niece, Brilka, which spans six generations of the Jashi family, the first of whom is Niza's great-great-grandfather, a master Nino Haratischvilis The Eighth Life is a multi-generational saga focusing on a Georgian family and written by Niza Jashi for her 12 year-old niece, Brilka, which spans six generations of the Jashi family, the first of whom is Niza's great-great-grandfather, a master chocolatier whose secret recipe for a hot chocolate drink is so addictive that it must be used sparingly in order to avert totally enslavement. It is a huge book. I have certainly met enough women in my life who have expressed this explicitly, especially the stories shared by their mothers and grandmothersthe implication being that we dont get enough of these stories in literature or biographies. You have to go back to Elena Ferranti's Neopolitan quartet of novels for something comparable, or further back, to Vikram Seth's 'A Suitable Boy' - what they did for Italy and India respectively Nino Haratischvili does for Georgia, covering the whole of the 20th century. I have certainly met enough women in my life who have expressed this explicitly, especially the stories shared by their mothers and grandmothersthe implication being that we dont get enough of these stories in literature or biographies. I would highly recommend this book. Using your mobile phone camera - scan the code below and download the Kindle app. And that curse haunts the history of this family: against the turbulent backdrop of Georgian history - the first world war; Stalin's purges; state repression; the second world war; the siege of Leningrad; the Cold War; the Prague Spring and glasnost - each generation has to grapple with some personal disaster, the effects of which reverberate down the generations. The length is just because there is a lot of story to tell, and it is told so wonderfully that the effort is in putting the novel down, not picking it up. In its German edition, The Eighth Life was a bestseller, and won the Anna Seghers Prize, the Lessing Prize Stipend, and the Bertolt Brecht Prize 2018. I would highly recommend this book. The Eighth Life is more than a family saga: it is an ode, a lamentation, . She has taught translation to undergraduates at Birkbeck and the University of Kent, and leads workshops for postgraduates and early-career translators. The development of the characters is very careful, detailed, and logical. You will not want to put it down. Britroyals Menu Britroyals Home Britroyals Home . You will not want to put it down. Very talented author, brilliant book and good translation into English. Her misgivings subtly afford her characters privacy for the most intimate of deliberations, the fine lines between betrayal and hypocrisy. This is a very long book that tells the story of four generations of a Georgian family, which started with the great-grandfather, a famous chocolatier. , Publication date The author's words are liquid so that one flows through this long novel. Enhancements you chose aren't available for this seller. An epic family saga beginning with the Russian Revolution and swirling across a century, encompassing war, loss, love requited and unrequited, ghosts, joy, massacres, tragedy. By the 70s, Nizas childhood, life has lapsed into a comfortable complacency, a golden age corrupted by alcoholism, theft and absenteeism., In the 90s, things fall apart. It makes for an engrossing book. It is a huge book. Generation after generation, the Jashis partake of the chocolate. Henry VIII was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. It's a great Russian novel, reminiscent of Pasternak's 'Dr Zhivago', even of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'. ${cardName} not available for the seller you chose. The fate of the Jashis seems to be a mirror for the fate of Georgia. A minor note of reservation: there is a nod to magic realism, in terms of the narcotic, malign effect of the chocolate, and in the tendency of some members of the family to see ghosts, but these are a little unconvincing. 6. And just as the tragedy brings real and convincing emotion, so too does the love and the laughter that run through the novel. A little over 900 pages but once you get into it it's very hard to put down. Stasia learns it from her Georgian father and takes it north, following her new husband, Simon, to his posting at the centre of the Russian Revolution in St Petersburg. I learned so much history from this book. It also has got the characters which would stay with me for long time. It's written to try answer the latter's questions regarding the secrets of her family, and to lay some troubling family ghosts. With the Bible as your foundation and this book as a helpful companion in the journey, take heart: a healthier relationship with your mother-in-law or daughter-in-law is closer than you think! Nino Haratischvili was born in Georgia in 1983, and is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and theatre director. 1. Samir Hussein/WireImage. There is the patriarch, a chocolate maker who creates a mystical recipe for hot chocolate that tastes divine but curses those who drink it. Her huge novel shows a double face, its crushing pain and loss nonetheless conveyed with an artful storytellers sheer joy in her craft., No doubt Nino Haratischwili is one of the most important voices in contemporary German literature., is an expansive and hopeful tale centered on family touched by war and revolution., It is an ambitious undertaking, but the author retains a firm grasp on her material and knows exactly how she wishes to present the human cost and consequences to a family facing war and colliding ideologies I finished by applauding the vision, boldness and passionate commitment., Sometimes I wonder how many people harbor a secret desire to write a book about their familys entire history. I had so many questions, she admits, as she confronts the past in an epistolary account addressed to her niece, an effort that is part explanation, part expiation. This multigenerational epicoffers not only a critique of Soviet and Russian imperial ambitions but a necessary reappraisal of Georgian history., Something rather extraordinary happened. Haratischvilis epic portrait of a close-knit family doubles as a stunning tribute to the power of resilience., This novel has generated substantial industry buzz and international critical praise. I sketched a family tree to keep track of all the characters: pious aunts and mean stepmothers, wives and mistresses, lost lovers, poets and filmmakers and pianists and singers, secret agents and loyal soldiers, bandits, torturers, bastard children and favorite children, love triangles and ghosts. As in 900 pages covering generations of a single family, of the remarkable events and amazing women, in particular, who defined this lineage from the Bolshevik occupation of the country to the early twenty-first century. : Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Read instantly on your browser with Kindle for Web. Haratischvilis epic portrait of a close-knit family doubles as a stunning tribute to the power of resilience., This novel has generated substantial industry buzz and international critical praise. Book 7: Niza's own story: she was largely brought up by her grandfather, Kostya, who preferred Daria to her; she's the writer in the family, who felt compelled to dig down into its secrets, to write this novel. The writing is rich and the characters full-blooded. Henry was married to Elizabeth of York (1466 - 1503) in 1486. THE EIGHTH LIFE By Nino Haratischvili Tolstoy had intended to set "War and Peace" in his own era, but realized that in order to understand the aftermath of the Crimean War he had to go back to. It is a very long book, but I regret when I finished reading it. They are completely believable because we know that life is not always easy. To add the following enhancements to your purchase, choose a different seller. Heartily recommended., This is a long, rewarding novelably translated through a collaborative process. And when she was lying in her bed again, recalling the taste with all her senses, she was sure that this secret recipe could heal wounds, avert catastrophes, and bring people happiness. Book 2: her sister Christine, a great beauty, who falls into the clutches of 'Little Big Man' (Beria) and suffers a great wrong. Tumbling down the years, and across vast expanses of longing and loss, generation after generation of this compelling family hears echoes and sees reflections. Book 1: Stasia, who lives until she's 99, who believes in the malign power of the chocolate. The House of Tudor family tree is headed by Henry VII (1457-1509). It is being translated into many languages, and has already been a major bestseller on publication in Holland, Poland, and Georgia. Nino Haratischvili is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and theatre director. Both are justified, the story of a family, a country, a centuryis an imaginative, expansive, and important read., If its a family saga youre seeking, look no further than this grand tale The author gracefully interweaves the historical backdrop of her novel with the lives of her characters, thus adding depth to her story. The early chapters are full of portents as we await the arrival of the events we know will shatter the idyll. The Eighth Life, Haratischvilis third novel, won several literary awards in Germany, where the author has lived since 2003, and has been a best seller in translation in several countries. If you are patient - more than 1000 pages - I truly recommend it. Fascinating characters. Lenin Square is renamed Freedom Square, though no one really seemed to know, the author comments wryly, what freedom meant.. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. It also speaks to the resilience of the Georgian people, while sharing the rhythms and concerns and opportunities of their everyday lives during the peak, the decline, and the fall of their occupier. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. William Richard Moody father Harriet Moody mother Margaret Ball sister About Edmund Moody, Gent. Trevin Wax encourages you to rethink some of our societys most common assumptions about identity and the road to happiness. The pair have two children, Viscount Severn James Mountbatten-Windsor and Lady Louise Mountbatten-Windsor. The novel is patched together from the memories of those who somehow survived, a testament to those who didnt. : and I must admit that by the end of the book, Id had rather a bit too much of the Jashi family and was quite happy to leave them behind and start reading something else. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club thats right for you for free. The Eighth Life is an unforgettable love letter to Georgia and the Caucasus, to lives led and to come, and to writing itself." The Economist "The Eighth Life is a lavish banquet of family stories that can, for all their sorrows, be devoured with gluttonous delight. Not only is this a compelling, sweeping, epic novel about Russia, it is also told from the point of view of the women who suffered, fought, and saw the world through a different lens. 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