There are many other memorable characters weaving through the story, who get tangled up in this formidable family. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! This is probably my best book of the year. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Saga! Highly recommend. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. : Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Moving, sincere and beautifully told saga, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2019. I really enjoyed it and got to love some of the characters after living with them for almost two months. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. 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. A little over 900 pages but once you get into it it's very hard to put down. It is definitely a view of life behind the Iron Curtain and eventually, of a people emerging from a century of domination. Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2022, Please, first read, and then decide it's a Russian story or GEORGIAN, Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2021. As a young man and monarch, second in the Tudor. Many novels have grand ambitions. The author sketches in the historical background, in so far as it affects the characters, but keeps this to a minimum: the focus is . She had been widowed twicein marriages to Edward Borough (b. c. 1508-d. c. 1533) and to John Neville, Lord Latimer (b. Nino Haratischvili's characters come to exuberant life. Heartily recommended., This is a long, rewarding novelably translated through a collaborative process. Time hurried by, as fast as you can turn the pages. Full of promise; starting advantages and natural resources. Stunning novel. 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. I would highly recommend this book. Fascinating characters. As the life of this family progresses we learn some of the history of this country, always threatened by the Russians and in continuous wars with its neighbors or even civil wars to overthrow one government or another. 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. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. Tumbling down the years, and across vast expanses of longing and loss, generation after generation of this compelling family hears echoes and sees reflections. The Eighth Life is more than a family saga: it is an ode, a lamentation, . Flourishing when playing by others rules but falling apart when given the freedom to set its own direction. If you are patient - more than 1000 pages - I truly recommend it. Not Russian, it's GEORGIAN story! House of Plantagenet. To add the following enhancements to your purchase, choose a different seller. The early chapters are full of portents as we await the arrival of the events we know will shatter the idyll. 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. Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2022. Our story opens with Niza, who we find is writing this for her twelve-year-old niece, Brilka, who has run off from the dance troupe she is with. Nino Haratischvili has certainly made something of a splash with this novel, which has seen it become a bestseller throughout Europe, and once you start this you immediately see why. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Instead of hiding from our brokenness, this book will help us stare that broken reality straight in the face, along with a laugh or two, as we feel the weight of just how absurdly and glaringly off the mark we all are! Henry VIII was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. Prince Harry is the sixth in line to the British throne. Nino Haratischvilis characters come to exuberant life. We begin in the Eden of the before: Young Stasia, Nizas great-grandmother, dreams of ballet dancing, rides her Kabardin horses with abandon, is wooed by a dashing lieutenant. It is a very long book, but I regret when I finished reading it. I lived in Georgia for two years at the end of the 1990s and, like all visitors, fell in love with its charms. 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. You have to wait a long time for a novel of this richness, scope and greatness to come along. Not only it gives you a unique perspective on the history of 20th century from the one of a lesser known countries - Georgia. 2021. This is a big book. 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. Highly recommended. The stories are told with pace and verve; they are significantly different to one another; the characters are well enough delineated that it never feels repetitive. 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. The Eighth Life is a terrible reminder of repetitive patterns in history. , Print length 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. The writing is rich and the characters full-blooded. It is perhaps for this reason that reading Nino Haratischwilis, , translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, feels so familiar, almost like a wish fulfilled, has deservedly been compared to Tolstoys. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2020. 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. : 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. Although the book is divided into eight parts, the stories of the lives of the characters overlap and interweave, so we never leave any of them behind and, despite its great length, the novel is a pacy and rather dramatic read (although I have to say that I found it a little overly melodramatic at times). Fascinating characters. It makes for an engrossing book. There is enough reference back to remind the reader of previous episodes although, inevitably in a book of nearly 1000 pages and with such an immense sweep of time, some of the references back feel like the ghosts of an ancient time. I learned a lot about Russian history along with an incredible family saga. Catherine Howard, (born c. 1524died February 13, 1542, London, England), fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England. 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. 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. Covers many years of Russia/Georgia history. Catherine was one of 10 children of Lord Edmund Howard (died 1539), a poverty-stricken younger son of Thomas Howard, 2nd duke of Norfolk. It is the story of a people living and thriving and struggling to survive through wars and in the grip of a totalitarian empire. They seldom bring it off. The family ties are knotted with dramatic societal changes, exposing them to all of society's strata. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Henry VII's wife, Elizabeth of York, was twenty years old when the two were married in 1486; Henry VII was . 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 probably my best book of the year. It starts at the beginning of the XXth century end ends in the first decade of this century. 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. 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 Eighth Life: (for Brilka) The International Bestseller, Something rather extraordinary happened. Other translations include Seethalers The Tobacconist, Homeland by Walter Kempowski, and Olga by Bernhard Schlink. It is the story of a people living and thriving and struggling to survive through wars and in the grip of a totalitarian empire.
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