If its not my all-time favourite novel (and it might be) then it must be in the top three or four. Through the Russian Revolution and that of World War Two, so we have civil wars and the problems that face Georgia. The novel is divided into eight books (though the last 'book, entitled Brilka, whose story is yet to be told, remains empty). There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. 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. 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. Not only it gives you a unique perspective on the history of 20th century from the one of a lesser known countries - Georgia. Help others learn more about this product by uploading a video! It is a huge book. Heartily recommended., This is a long, rewarding novelably translated through a collaborative process. Haratischvilis epic portrait of a close-knit family doubles as a stunning tribute to the power of resilience. STARRED REVIEW Publishers Weekly, This novel has generated substantial industry buzz and international critical praise. 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. Stasias is only the first in a symphony of grand but all too often doomed romances that swirl from sweet to sour in this epic tale of the red century. 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. Declan ODriscoll, The Irish Times, Elegant it demonstrates a technical mastery, impressively sustained The Eighth Life is more than a family saga: it is an ode, a lamentation, a monumentto Georgia, its people, its past and future. Bryan Karetnyk, TLS, The Eighth Life is capacious, voluble, urgent, readable, translated heroically and sparklingly by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin. Julian Evans, The Telegraph, 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. Marta Bausells, The Guardian, Ten of the best new books in translation, Nino Haratischvili's elegant epic is a triumph of both authorship and painstaking translation 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. Then he realized that in order to understand those events, he had to go back to Napoleons invasion of Russia, a generation earlier. 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. 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. December 7, 2018 Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. No. 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. Instead there were two moments, one after another, of delicately wrought sacrifice. The world fell away and I fell, wholly, happily, into the book. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. I would highly recommend this book. Having to navigate their way through the dangers and horrors of the situation they find themselves in, so we are taken right into the truth of the utopian dream that was never realised and the brutality that came instead, that which affected so many people. 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. Looks exactly like footnote font sizingI get wanting to cut costs in terms of paper, but wow. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. No markings or highlighting. . , Print length 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. I really enjoyed it and got to love some of the characters after living with them for almost two months. This is a big book. Covers many years of Russia/Georgia history. She sits at the top of the British royal family tree, boasting four children, eight . Haratischvili is acute on the push-me, pull-you complex of Georgias relationship with Russia. We enjoyed being the giants favorite child, one character admits. The writing is rich and the characters full-blooded. ), Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2020. Moving, sincere and beautifully told saga, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 15, 2019. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. 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. What I liked is that the author places the characters in the historic period they are living but never gives so much information to turn it into a history book. Modern western style writing ruins the story. I learned so much history from this book. And just as the tragedy brings real and convincing emotion, so too does the love and the laughter that run through the novel. 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. 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. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Her father is a well-to-do chocolate maker who tells her his secret recipe, warning of a curse. 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. But The Eighth Life manages it without breaking sweat. This is probably my best book of the year. , File size Highly recommend. : 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. My breath caught in my throat, tears nestled in my lashes. Please try again. Something went wrong. Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2022. It is moving, sincere, powerfully told. It also has got the characters which would stay with me for long time. Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. You will not want to put it down. Nino Haratischvili's '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 . Henry VIII was a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. The writing is rich and the characters full-blooded. It is a coup!, Not only in its length does this novel resemble the work of Boris Pasternak. A little over 900 pages but once you get into it it's very hard to put down. Nino Haratischvili's '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 . Henry VIII's Family Tree Explained. Trevin Wax encourages you to rethink some of our societys most common assumptions about identity and the road to happiness. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. 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. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. Lenin Square is renamed Freedom Square, though no one really seemed to know, the author comments wryly, what freedom meant.. What I liked is that the author places the characters in the historic period they are living but never gives so much information to turn it into a history book. Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2021. Nino Haratischvili was born in Georgia in 1983, and is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and theatre director. It's a great Russian novel, reminiscent of Pasternak's 'Dr Zhivago', even of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'. 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 the Decembrist uprising of 1825. Royal Family. You will not want to put it down. Book 6: Daria, his elder daughter, the favourite, who enters an abusive relationship and uses her beauty to realise her dream of becoming an actress. The sweep is 100 years, 5 generations of life, mostly in Georgia and Russia, but also western Europe. : It is the farthest edge of Europe, a land of myth and mythmaking whose inhabitants have managed to co-opt successive occupying empires Byzantine, Ottoman, Persian and, most recently, Russian with their sacred virtue of hospitality, copious quantities of wine and polyphonic song. The author sketches in the historical background, in so far as it affects the characters, but keeps this to a minimum: the focus is firmly on the family members, their feelings, fate, their complicated psychology and relationships, their destinies in Tbilisi, Moscow, London and Berlin. King Henry VIII Religion This is a long novel, but it never feels slow. A real page turner. 871 - 1066. Learn more. The Elizabeth and Jacobean Great House July 16, 2022; The Great Rebuilding July 6, 2022; Was Edward VI's Devise for the Succession lawful? 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. Her downfall came when Henry learned of her premarital affairs. It makes for an engrossing book. It is perhaps for this reason that reading Nino Haratischwilis The Eighth Life, translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin, feels so familiar, almost like a wish fulfilled The Eighth Life has deservedly been compared to Tolstoys War & Peace. Barbara Halla, Asymoptote, [A]n epica magnificent, sprawling family saga that captures the suffering and pride of the Georgian people throughout the tumult of the twentieth century. And with the weather as I write this becoming more autumnal it is ideal for curling up with a nice big book to pass away the cooler nights. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. , Publisher This is an amazing book. As a young man and monarch, second in the Tudor. At the heart of this is of course the Jashi women, a family that has a secret, the ingredients to a hot chocolate. He spent 70 years as first in line for the throne. This is a big book. . 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. Hod (Hebrew H, lit. 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. , Language Highly recommend. 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. I really enjoyed it and got to love some of the characters after living with them for almost two months. Some suffer because of the war, some others because of social beliefs, others for their personal dissatisfaction, unrequited love, treason, and there is no one who does not have to struggle to find happiness, although not all of them are successful. : King Henry VIII died on 28th January 1547. A caution which is justified: this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste . Please try again. The family ties are knotted with dramatic societal changes, exposing them to all of society's strata. I learned a lot about Russian history along with an incredible family saga. It starts at the beginning of the XXth century end ends in the first decade of this century. Book 3: Kostya, their nephew, the only major male family member to succeed the grandfather; he becomes a right-wing, despotic, naval officer and staunch communist, who keeps the family afloat during difficult times, someone other members of the family react against. : Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II. 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