· The Eighth Life (for Brilka) by Nino Haratischvili review – a landmark epic Life on the fringes of the Russian and Soviet empires is vividly evoked in Author: Maya Jaggi. 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 addictive that it must be used sparingly in order to avert totally enslavement/5(). Truly epic and utterly absorbing, The Eighth Life is a novel of seven exceptional lives lived under the heat and light of empire, revolution, war, repression, and liberation. It is the story of the century. more/5.
Mágica como Cien años de soledad, intensa como La casa de los espíritus, monumental como Ana Karenina. «Nino Haratischwili es una de las voces más importantes de la literatura alemana.».-Die Zeit Georgia, Stasia, la hija de un exquisito fabricante de chocolate, sueña con ser bailarina en la Ópera de París pero, recién cumplidos los diecisiete años, se enamora de Simon Iachi. The Eighth Life is an astonishing six-generation family saga. A triumph of a novel that will take you through the most important events of the 20th century seen through the eyes of a Georgian family: the Jashis. The story is narrated by Niza Jashi for her year-old niece Brilka. The novel is divided in eight books, each one named after the. La octava vida (para Brilka) / The Eighth Life (for Brilka) (Literaturas) (Spanish Edition) Paperback - Decem Spanish Edition by Nino Haratischwili (Author) › Visit Amazon's Nino Haratischwili Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search.
The Eighth Life (For Brilka) is a large-scale -- nearly page, in the English-language edition -- multi-generational family epic. It is narrated by Niza, born in , writing in , and begins with a Prologue in which she addresses the representative of the next generation -- and the future --, her twelve-year-old niece Brilka who had been in Amsterdam, performing with the dance troupe she was part of, and had suddenly taken off on her own, running off to Vienna, with Niza now having. The Eighth Life is an unforgettable love letter to Georgia and the Caucasus, to lives led and to come, and to writing itself.” —The Economist “The Eighth Life is a lavish banquet of family stories that can, for all their sorrows, be devoured with gluttonous delight. Nino Haratischvili’s characters come to exuberant life. The Eighth Life (for Brilka) is a phenomenal novel – right up there with the best of the best. If it’s not my all-time favourite novel (and it might be) then it must be in the top three or four. Set over more than a hundred years in Georgia, we follow six generations of the Jashi family.
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