The Eighth Life
Scribe Publications (Verlag)
978-1-925713-32-9 (ISBN)
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At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian empire, a family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. A caution which is justified- this is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste . . .
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. Stasia's is only the first of a symphony of grand but all too often doomed romances that swirl from sweet to sour in this epic tale of the red century.
Tumbling down the years, and across vast expanses of longing and loss, generation after generation of this compelling family hears echoes and sees reflections. 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.
'It is a great read. If you love historical sagas and romances, this is the book for you.'
-ABC Radio National The Bookshelf
'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.'
-Maya Jaggi, The Guardian
'If it's a family saga you're 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. Heartily recommended.' STARRED REVIEW
-Library Journal
Nino Haratischvili (Author) Nino Haratischvili was born in Georgia in 1983, and is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and theatre director. 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. In 2010, her debut novel Juja was nominated for the German Book Prize, as was her most recent Die Katze und der General in 2018. 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. It is being translated into many languages, and has already been a major bestseller on publication in Holland, Poland, and Georgia. Charlotte Collins (Translator) 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. She received the Goethe-Institut's Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize in 2017 for Robert Seethaler's A Whole Life, which was also shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award. Her other translations include Seethaler's The Tobacconist and The End of Loneliness by Benedict Wells. Ruth Martin (Translator) Ruth Martin has a PhD in 20th-century German literature and philosophy from the University of London, where she has also lectured. She is now a full-time translator, and has translated several non-fiction books from German.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.09.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Carlton North |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 154 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 1048 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen |
| ISBN-10 | 1-925713-32-6 / 1925713326 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-925713-32-9 / 9781925713329 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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