{"product_id":"the-eighth-life-for-brilka-a-novel-isbn-9780063485853","title":"The Eighth Life (for Brilka): A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Devastatingly brilliant. . . . Poignant, heart-stopping, sublime.” —\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e for the twenty-first century, the internationally bestselling, award-winning multigenerational epic that begins with the Russian Revolution and spans a century—a novel of war, loss, love requited and unrequited, ghosts, joy, massacres, tragedy, and hot chocolate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt 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 from generation to generation with great care and caution. A caution which is justified: it is a recipe for ecstasy that carries a very bitter aftertaste . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStasia learns it from her Georgian father and takes it north, following her new husband, Simon, to his posting in St. Petersburg, the center of the Russian Revolution. Stasia’s 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving across years and vast expanses of longing and loss, each succeeding generation of this remarkable family hears echoes and sees reflections of their past. A ballet dancer’s dream of performing in Paris never comes to fruition; a singer pines for Vienna. These and other unforgettable characters engage in larger-than-life relationships that come and go and come again; their world shakes and shakes more. A grand and sweeping epic, \u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life (for Brilka)\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those glorious classic books that readers can embrace and learn, be lost and found, and make indelible new friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the German by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Something rather extraordinary happened. 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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This multigenerational epic . . . offers not only a critique of Soviet and Russian imperial ambitions but a necessary reappraisal of Georgian history.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An exceptional, deeply evocative saga of an elite Georgian family as they endure the 20th century’s political upheavals, from before the Bolshevik Revolution through the post-Soviet era. . . . In heartfelt prose, Haratischwili seamlessly weaves the political upheaval around the characters into the love and loss in their lives. Haratischwili’s epic portrait of a close-knit family doubles as a stunning tribute to the power of resilience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nino Haratischwili's elegant epic… is a triumph of both authorship and painstaking translation . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable love letter to Georgia and the Caucasus, to lives led and to come, and to writing itself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A lavish banquet of family stories that can, for all their sorrows, be devoured with gluttonous delight. Nino Haratischwili’s characters . . . come to exuberant life. Her huge novel . . . shows a double face, its crushing pain and loss nonetheless conveyed with an artful storyteller’s sheer joy in her craft.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This novel has generated substantial industry buzz and international critical praise. Both are justified… \u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life\u003c\/em\u003e―the story of a family, a country, a century―is an imaginative, expansive, and important read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is a long, rewarding novel . . . It makes for an engrossing book. Haratischwili has created a fascinating cast (and it’s easy to imagine it as a television series) whose lives illuminate some of the greatest events of the 20th century.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elegant… it demonstrates a technical mastery, impressively sustained… \u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life\u003c\/em\u003e is more than a family saga: it is an ode, a lamentation, a monument―to Georgia, its people, its past and future.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life\u003c\/em\u003e is capacious, voluble, urgent, readable, translated heroically and sparklingly by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A harrowing, heartening and utterly engrossing epic novel . . . astonishing. . . . A subtle and compelling translation by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperVia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48588055085285,"sku":"NP9780063485853","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063485853.jpg?v=1773961243","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-eighth-life-for-brilka-a-novel-isbn-9780063485853","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}