Because they say the number eight is identified with infinity, constant recurrence. Update: I am so happy that it is included in the long-list of International Booker 2020. 50 pages was all I needed to realize this was not for me: it reads like a textbook on 20th-century Georgian and Russian history with too many superficially-drawn characters interwoven—and awkwardly woven, to boot. Since I have to go somewhere, I'll leave it at that for now. But you understand even them; it's just a natural consequence of what's happened to them, of how life made them. This is an expansive family saga with a touch of magical realism in the form of a chocolate recipe handed down through generations bringing with it some advantages and many burdens. It makes for an engrossing book. [the country in the Caucasus region, not the U.S. state! It's not sensational or over-stated at all, on the contrary. Please read it and share your thoughts with me, I would love to see what all my Goodre, ***I just discovered that this book is finally being translated to English (long overdue in my opinion!!) You are. The proof is in the pudding: The Eighth Life by Nino Haratischvili recounts a crucial period in history, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, through the lives of one exceptional family. In its German edition, The Eighth Lifewas a bestseller, and won the Anna Seghers Prize, the Lessing Prize Stipend, and the Bertolt Brecht Prize 2018. There’s something so satisfying about getting immersed in a big family saga. Henry VIII of England was the King of England from 1509 until his death in 1547. Read 908 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Yet what has been hailed as a Georgian War and Peace has more in common with Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum. It was so worth it to finally be drawn into a story that managed to engage my whole mind. The Eighth Life (For Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili review — crushed by history with a capital H A family saga set in Georgia’s ‘red century’ is a long march for Siobhan Murphy. The Eighth Life, an ‘epic tale of six generations of one family’, was first published in German in 2014 and is the novelist’s third book.It was published by Scribe in Australia in 2020. The dissonance between how Georgians perceive their reality and how it is seen from outside – whether in Russia or the west – reverberates through this astonishing novel, peppered with epigraphs ranging from Maxim Gorky to Mikhail Gorbachev. There are happy scenes, but it's the kind of happiness where you know it won't last, and which is the worst kind of happiness. From independent presses, to tales in translation, to critical darlings and new debut novels, these books (all published in the U.S. this year)... An international phenomenon: the unputdownable story of seven women living through the greatest drama of the twentieth century. I think this book was everything The Goldfinch was trying to be; without being so incredibly pretentious. Will I now finally be able to throw balls with more than 5 km/h??? by Scribe UK. First and foremost, I absolutely loved this book. Some of the things happening in the story are absolutely gruesome and terrible. This is not a happy book. Read this book — its almost 1300 pages (German paperback) demand quite a lot of your reading muscle but much more from the book’s characters. Okay SO. A red century. I'm the kind of person who always walks around with the book in their hands because I don't know what it is with my bags, but somehow my books tend to dissolve whenever I put them into my backpack. Read "The Eighth Life (for Brilka) The International Bestseller" by Nino Haratischvili available from Rakuten Kobo. I just love this book so much! For ever and eight. I mean, how good can a book be if none (literally none!) Written in eight books as a family history to a young niece, the narrative follows each generation as they live through the Bolshevik revolution, Stalin’s purge and its accompanying gulags and torture, brutal assault, the Siege of Leningrad and the Prague spring. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. The Eighth Life, an ‘epic tale of six generations of one family’, was first published in German in 2014 and is the novelist’s third book. And she does heavy drama – war, state-sanctioned violence, family conflict, thwarted love – uncommonly well. Follow the tale of Georgian Jashi family throughout the red century and into the 21st century. I love how the book always veers between both sides of the coin, keeping just the exactly right balance between both worlds, even quite literally: this books is as much about the living as it is about the dead. 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. and I am besides excited!!! ‘The Eighth Life… is a lavish banquet of family stories that can, for all their sorrows, be devoured with gluttonous delight. It's not a full 5 stars because I do feel like the first half of the book has been much better, but that could be because of my personal interests (I've always had a weak spot for reading about WW2 experiences) and also because I just liked the characters better. Patterns in the blood-red rug leap out at the reader long after this momentous book is closed. It is being translated into many languages, and has already been a major bestseller on publication in Holland, Poland, and Georgia. Strokes, partly because he had a broad body but the eighth life because it makes history bite-sized book in.... 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