Robert Seethaler’s tender book about finding dignity and beauty in solitude looks at the moments, big and small, that make us who we are
The Eighth Life
Written by Nino Haratischvili
Translated by Charlotte Collins, Ruth Martin
- Original language:
- German
- Longlisted
- The International Booker Prize 2020
- Published by Scribe UK
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Tumbling down the years, great characters and greater relationships come and go, in Nino Haratischvili’s compelling epic family drama
At the start of the 20th century, a Russian family prospers. It owes its success to a delicious chocolate recipe, passed down the generations with great solemnity and caution. A caution that 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. But Stasia’s will be only the first of a symphony of romances that swirl from sweet to sour in this epic tale of the red century.
Nino Haratischvili
Nino Haratischvili was born in Georgia in 1983, and is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and theatre director
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Charlotte Collins
Charlotte Collins is a freelance journalist and literary translator
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Ruth Martin
Ruth Martin studied English literature before gaining a PhD in German
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