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. 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. This is probably my best book of the year. Stunning novel. ASIN The Eighth Life (for Brilka) is a phenomenal novel right up there with the best of the best. Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2020. It is moving, sincere, powerfully told. They are completely believable because we know that life is not always easy. 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. 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 owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. There is the patriarch, a chocolate maker who creates a mystical recipe for hot chocolate that tastes divine but curses those who drink it. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. 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. 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. I really enjoyed it and got to love some of the characters after living with them for almost two months. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. The story moves on to the chocolatiers daughter, Stasia, who marries a member of the White Guard, a man who then transfers his allegiance to the Red Army; the story then moves to their son, Kostya, an ambitious and self-centred young man who joins the Navy and later the NKVD, and also their daughter, Kitty - who, after undergoing more than one tragic incident, escapes to the West where, in England, she becomes a well-known singer; we then meet Elene, Kostyas wayward daughter, who becomes mother to the narrator of the story, Niza, and Nizas half-sister, Daria; and finally to Darias daughter, Brilka, for whom the story is being written. Her third novel, The Eighth Life, has been translated into many languages and is an international bestseller. We enjoyed being the giants favorite child, one character admits. : Fascinating characters. 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. I lived in Georgia for two years at the end of the 1990s and, like all visitors, fell in love with its charms. 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. Are you ready to finally bloom where youre planted? My breath caught in my throat, tears nestled in my lashes. Does this item contain inappropriate content? 1937: a terrible suicide, terror and arrests. 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. 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. 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). As a family saga, where the women are strong and resourceful and play a significant part in the story, this rather works well, and I ended the novel feeling better informed about Georgia and its part in Russias tumultuous history; however, like at least one other reviewer writing here, I expected something a little more literary and a little less soap-opera-ish (is that a word?) The novel tells the story of a Georgian family across the 20th century the red century, as the narrator, Niza, describes it, a century that cheated and deceived everyone, all those who hoped.. 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. Pages are crisp and bright. Heartily recommended. STARRED REVIEW Edward B. Cone, Library Journal, This is a long, rewarding novelably translated through a collaborative process. Don't let someone tell you about this one, read it for yourself. Alfred the Great (871-899) Scottish Robert the Bruce (1306-1329) Henry VIII (1509-1547) George III (1760-1820) Victoria (1837-1901) Elizabeth II (1952-) If he were to die without issue then the succession would pass first to Henry's daughter Mary and then to Elizabeth. 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. Something rather extraordinary happened. 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. Additional gift options are available when buying one eBook at a time. Redemption links and eBooks cannot be resold. 3 Stars. 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. , Text-to-Speech It is very easy to lose yourself in this gripping story, but in losing yourself, you will also find yourself as you learn from the characters. Henry Fitzroy, duke of Richmond, born 1519. Haratischvili writes compellingly from inside her characters heads, but from time to time she pulls back, admitting to her reader that she dare not trespass too far into interior hinterlands. He was the eighth of ten children.Mauric A real page turner. This is an amazing book. Royal Family. 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. 'That night Stasia took an oath, swearing to learn the recipe by heart and destroy the paper. It is definitely a view of life behind the Iron Curtain and eventually, of a people emerging from a century of domination. Throughout the book, the family hot chocolate is mixed at moments of crisis, an analgesic to soothe or to summon strength, an opiate of sorts that seems to symbolize the delusion of solace and perhaps the delusion of the great Communist experiment itself. New Years Eve, 1927: The sinister Little Big Man, favorite of the Generalissimus, appears at a party with a menacing interest in Stasias sister, the beautiful Christine. Edmund Moody of Bury St. Edmunds, county Suffolk, England, born probably about 1495, is the earliest person of the name from whom a descent has been proved in this particular family. Please try again. Prince Harry. Nino Haratischvilis characters come to exuberant life. Prince Harry is the sixth in line to the British throne. It also has got the characters which would stay with me for long time. The only thing I can say good is that over 900 pages and dozens of characters you always know who where and what is going on. An orphan dreamer who once carved legions of wooden angels returns from the camps in Siberia to end his days chiseling busts of Marx and Engels and Lenin. Ruth Martin has a PhD in German literature and philosophy, and has been translating fiction and non-fiction books since 2009. 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. Queen Elizabeth II is the world's longest-reigning monarch and has been on the throne for a whopping 66 years. It makes for an engrossing book. 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. 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. Henry was married to Elizabeth of York (1466 - 1503) in 1486. 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. Ruth is currently co-chair of the Society of Authors Translators Association. 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. Full of promise; starting advantages and natural resources. It is epic, fast-moving, full of dashed hopes, vanity, mystery, bureaucracy, brutality, intimate moments amidst seismic, impenetrable forces, private motives competing and sometimes cooperating with nationalistic predispositions, art trying to find a footing against mechanistic and formulaic forces. 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. 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. widowed 1514. married to Charles Brandon, duke of Suffolk, on 3 March 1515 in Paris. 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. 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 The Eighth Life Written by Nino Haratischvili Translated by Charlotte Collins Ruth Martin Tumbling down the years, great characters and greater relationships come and go, in Nino Haratischvili's compelling epic family drama. Prince Harry, who is sixth in the line of succession to the British throne, married Meghan Markle . House of Wessex. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. 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! The intense level of interest never flags over the entire 934 pages, which is an amazing feat of the imagination. Under collectivism, the chocolate maker is reduced to being a worker in his former shop; when World War II breaks out, it is turned into a canteen serving meatballs and mashed potatoes. I learned a lot about Russian history along with an incredible family saga. If you are patient - more than 1000 pages - I truly recommend it. 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. The sweep is 100 years, 5 generations of life, mostly in Georgia and Russia, but also western Europe. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. 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. Book 5: Elene, Kostya's second daughter, always discontent; she's the mother of Niza, the narrator. It starts at the beginning of the XXth century end ends in the first decade of this century. I really enjoyed it and got to love some of the characters after living with them for almost two months. The development of the characters is very careful, detailed, and logical. Translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2019. Please try again. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? Then falling into disastrous relationships. Stasia learns it from her Georgian father and takes it north, following her new husband, Simon, to his posting at the center of the Russian Revolution in St Petersburg. 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. Nothing feels forced, nothing feels flashy. 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. They are completely believable because we know that life is not always easy. It is a coup! Sddeutsche Zeitung, Not only in its length does this novel resemble the work of Boris Pasternak. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 31, 2020, 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. , Publisher 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. The fate of the Jashis seems to be a mirror for the fate of Georgia. 2021. married to King Louis XII of France on 9 October 1514 at Abbeville Cathedral, France. I built up a family tree, adding the most notable subsidiary characters, because as the century unfolds the canvas becomes crowded. 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. The author does not comply with the nationalism that came with Georgian independence and allows no reveling in glorifications and perpetual conspiracy theories. Instead, her novel chronicles more needless deaths, more wasted lives. Alfred the Great to Elizabeth II. Henry VIII's Family Tree Explained. I can't praise it enough. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. At home in two different worlds, each with their own language, she has been writing in both German and Georgian since the age of twelve. 1917: Stasia rushes to Petrograd in the midst of revolution to search for her husband. Download the free Kindle app and start reading Kindle books instantly on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. 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. It is being translated into many languages, and has already been a major bestseller on publication in Holland, Poland, and Georgia. The Eighth Life evokes this spirality in its structure, signalled by a blank chapter on the very last page, titled "Brilka" - the name of the youngest family member and the narrator's . 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 . No markings or highlighting. Her co-translation, with Ruth Martin, of Nino HaratischvilisThe Eighth Life won the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, and in 2017 she was awarded the Goethe-Instituts Helen and Kurt Wolff Translators Prize for Robert Seethalers A Whole Life. Love and loss revolve and are recast through generations. The red century devours a family, and history comes with a pinch of chocolate, 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., 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., 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., 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., This is one for long-haul flights or the Christmas lock-in.. It is moving, sincere, powerfully told. Book 1: Stasia, who lives until she's 99, who believes in the malign power of the chocolate. 1. It is moving, sincere, powerfully told. This multigenerational epicoffers not only a critique of Soviet and Russian imperial ambitions but a necessary reappraisal of Georgian history., Something rather extraordinary happened. And hot chocolate. Many novels have grand ambitions. 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Very talented author, brilliant book and good translation into English. I would highly recommend this book. Stunning novel. Who Needs a Sweeping Epic About the Red Century? This book is in good condition and shows normal wear to cover and corners. , Enhanced typesetting 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 You have to wait a long time for a novel of this richness, scope and greatness to come along. , Language A real page turner. 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. We have romance, intrigue, torture, rape, spies and so much more in these thousand odd pages as we are taken through the 20th Century and up unto 2007, where it will be Brilkas turn to grow up and experience what happens to her own country, whilst having to struggle with her own personal life choices. Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2022. You have to wait a long time for a novel of this richness, scope and greatness to come along. It's a great Russian novel, reminiscent of Pasternak's 'Dr Zhivago', even of Tolstoy's 'War and Peace'. 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. It makes for an engrossing book. Niza writes, like her author, from the vantage of an expatriate in Germany. Through the eyes of mainly the women of the Jashi family so we have an amazing tale of life throughout the Red Century as we read of not only the family and their friends, but of others, and we are taken to other countries and pulled into major historical events. She has taught translation to undergraduates at Birkbeck and the University of Kent, and leads workshops for postgraduates and early-career translators. 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. 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. 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. 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. I wont post spoilers, but what I expected to happen didnt. The Eighth Life Nino Haratischwili, Charlotte Collins (Translator), Ruth Martin (Translator) 4.52 15,933 ratings2,244 reviews Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century. The Eighth Life (for Brilka) is a phenomenal novel right up there with the best of the best. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. Her co-translation, with Ruth Martin, of Nino Haratischvilis, won the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation, and in 2017 she was awarded the Goethe-Instituts Helen and Kurt Wolff Translators Prize for Robert Seethalers, Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2022. At home in two different worlds, each with their own language, she has been writing in both German and Georgian since the age of twelve. 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., Its definitely the best work of fiction I've read in the last year., 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., If you only read one book this year make sure it is, 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., [A] generational saga of 20th-century Georgia with the drama and grandeur to be Georgias, Everybody requires a new, vigorous narrative of European ideals, of the European past Nino Haratischwili has created this narrative in her new novel., 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. It is a coup! Sddeutsche Zeitung, Not only in its length does this novel resemble the work of Boris Pasternak. Royal Family Tree. The House of Tudor family tree is headed by Henry VII (1457-1509). Simply the best! Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. These promotions will be applied to this item: Some promotions may be combined; others are not eligible to be combined with other offers. 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. If you are patient - more than 1000 pages - I truly recommend it. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Modern western style writing ruins the story. The Eighth Life is an unforgettable love letter to Georgia and the Caucasus, to lives led and to come, and to writing itself." 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