{"product_id":"the-lack-of-light-a-novel-of-georgia-isbn-9780063253612","title":"The Lack of Light: A Novel of Georgia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eKIRKUS\u003c\/i\u003e BEST FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePEOPLE \u003c\/i\u003eMAGAZINE BOOK OF THE WEEK\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Catnip for Ferrante fans.” \u003c\/b\u003e—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Readers will find [\u003ci\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/i\u003e] irresistible.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A thrilling, heartbreaking, unforgettable story. Not a page too long.\"—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA page-turning epic of loss and redemption in the vein of Rebecca Makkai’s \u003ci\u003eThe Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e and Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels, about a group of four women who formed a deep friendship in the turbulent years leading up to and after Georgia’s independence from the Soviet Union.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey are four, as different as can be: the romantic Nene, the clever outsider Ira, the idealistic Dina, and the sensitive Keto. Inseparable since childhood, they grow up together in an old Tiblisi courtyard, in Georgia, at a time when the Soviet Union is crumbling and the future of their country is in question. Each in her own way experiences love, hope, and disappointment as local mob wars, romance, and civil war threaten to swallow up their worlds. Rising to challenges both personal and political —a first love that can only blossom in secret, violent street skirmishes, a ravaging drug epidemic—the four women’s friendship seems indestructible, until an unforgivable act of betrayal and a tragic death shatter their bond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, the three survivors reunite at a major retrospective of their late friend’s photography. The pictures on display tell the story not only of their country but also of their friendship, and, confronted by them, Nene, Ira, and Keto relive their staggering loss. Then, unexpectedly, something new is glimpsed, and forgiveness seems within reach. Like the International Booker Prize nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Eighth Life \u003c\/i\u003ebefore it, Nino Haratischwili’s \u003ci\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/i\u003e is an emotionally bold, decades-spanning epic in which to lose yourself, brought to life by the vibrant colors of Georgia's culture and its people. It is a glorious book readers will return to again and again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“This story of four young friends in 1990’s Georgia took me back to my own childhood in Cuba. \u003cem\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that thrills you, the kind you can't put down. Nino Haratischwili grips you from the first page with an intensity that only great writers can achieve.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmando Lucas Correa, author of the international bestseller The German Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Haratischwili enchants with this monumental novel that follows four friends in Georgia from the end of the Soviet era to the near present. . . . [An] explosive and intimate tale of the women's struggle to not only survive but thrive . . . Readers will find [\u003cem\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/em\u003e] irresistible.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Elena Ferrante fans, this bestselling European author might become your next obsession.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople (Book of the Week)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A thrilling, heartbreaking, unforgettable story. Not a page too long.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Peopled with unfor­gettable characters and told through a careful compilation of intimate details, \u003cem\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a story of resilience, creativity and friendship set against the chaos of civil war and destruction.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An epic, edge-of-the-seat tale of friendship and political chaos.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Catnip for Ferrante fans.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling . . . the visceral story of a quartet of women facing down the violence of history . . . for fans of Elena Ferrante.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This epic novel by Haratischwili follows four female friends growing up together in the same apartment complex in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, in the years just after the collapse of the Soviet Union.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving and enthralling . . . An elegy for a country and a that might have been, \u003ci\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/i\u003e is an ardent and unsparing testament - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Elena Ferrante goes to Tbilisi — an epic . . . Haratischwili has found a powerful perspective, using four ruined childhoods as a way of dramatising the suffering of millions.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis immersive epic follows the lives of four female friends—Nene, Dina, Ira and Keto—as they navigate the tumultuous years before and after Georgia’s independence from the Soviet Union. A tale of resilience and redemption - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist, Books of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Haratischwili turns] darkness into a gripping story about the power and pitfalls of female friendship . . . I also fell for this book. I’m glad Haratischwili has tackled the brutalities of that time. People need to understand.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Brilliant. [\u003cem\u003eThe Lack of Light\u003c\/em\u003e] dazzles, first and foremost, by its epic scale: over 700 pages, a dozen characters, a human fresco spanning more than thirty years, and fascinating . . . at once Russian in its existential ardor and German in its psychological depth . . . a great novel about rebellion, about the attempt and temptation to live.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Figaro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Remember this name: Nino Haratischwili . . . a formidable storyteller . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Lack of Light \u003c\/em\u003eis a novel that devours the reader even as the reader devours it . . . Haratischwili manages to sew together the euphoria of intimacy with the brutality of politics. Masterfully. Without ever stifling the characters' warmth of hope.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eThe Lack of Ligh\u003c\/em\u003et] features a whirlwind cast of supporting characters that bring to mind the spellbinding atmospheres of Orhan Pamuk's novels. But it is above all Elena Ferrante who seems to be whispering in Nino Haratischwili's ear, as she recounts the tormented lives of these prodigious new friends. Her radiant novel is the splendid gift of this literary season.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eL'OBS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Nino Haratischwili's \u003cem\u003eThe Eighth Life (for Brilka)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\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“A harrowing, heartening and utterly engrossing epic novel … astonishing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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“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. 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