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Nino Haratischwili was born in 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and has lived in Germany since 2003. She is a novelist, playwright, and director whose works have received numerous awards, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize and the Schiller Memorial Prize.
Known for: The Eighth Life (For Brilka)
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The Eighth Life (For Brilka)
The Eighth Life (For Brilka) is an epic family saga spanning six generations of a Georgian family. Beginning in the early 20th century, it tells a story of love, loss, revolution, and the political upheavals that shape the lives of the Jashi family. Through the eyes of narrator Niza, the novel intertwines personal destinies with the history of Georgia and the Soviet Union.
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The Curse Begins: Stasia and the Fall of an Empire
The story opens in the early years of the twentieth century, when Georgia was a small gem glittering within the vast Russian Empire. Stasia, the chocolatier’s daughter, is a dreamer — elegant, hopeful, full of dance and the desire to grasp the modern world unfurling around her. Her father’s chocolat...
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Christine: Passion and Ruin Under the Red Star
If Stasia is the heart that endures, her sister Christine is the spirit that burns. Christine is reckless, beautiful, and burdened with the yearning for something larger than life itself. When she becomes entangled with a high-ranking Soviet officer, she believes love might shield her from the bruta...
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About Nino Haratischwili
Nino Haratischwili was born in 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and has lived in Germany since 2003. She is a novelist, playwright, and director whose works have received numerous awards, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize and the Schiller Memorial Prize. Writing in German, she is regarded as one of the...
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Nino Haratischwili was born in 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and has lived in Germany since 2003. She is a novelist, playwright, and director whose works have received numerous awards, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize and the Schiller Memorial Prize. Writing in German, she is regarded as one of the...
Nino Haratischwili was born in 1983 in Tbilisi, Georgia, and has lived in Germany since 2003. She is a novelist, playwright, and director whose works have received numerous awards, including the Leipzig Book Fair Prize and the Schiller Memorial Prize. Writing in German, she is regarded as one of the most significant voices in contemporary German-language literature.
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