Nino Haratischwili

The Lack of Light (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel of Georgia
Übersetzer: Collins, Charlotte; Martin, Ruth

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A page-turning epic of loss and redemption in the vein of Rebecca Makkai's The Great Believers 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.

As the twentieth-century draws to a close, calls for independence grow increasingly louder in Soviet Georgia. During this period of great upheaval, childhood friends Keto, Dina, Nene, and Ira grow up in one of the many Italian courtyards that define Tbilisi's Sololaki neighborhood. The four girls are as different as can be: Dina, the rebellious, daughter of an unconventional mother; Ira, the clever outsider; Nene, the romantic, and niece of the most powerful criminal in the city; and Keto, the sensitive, motherless waif. Rising up to challenges both personal and political a first love that can only blossom in secret, violence that erupts in the wake of national independence, bloody street battles and civil wars, food rationing and power cutsthe four women's friendship seems indestructible, until an unforgivable act of betrayal and a tragic death shatters their bond.

Decades later, the three survivors are reunited at a major retrospective of their late friend's photographs in Brussels. The pictures document not only their story, but that of their country. Confronted by the evidence of their shared past, the trio must contend with memories that emerge from the shadows of their minds. Unexpectedly, something new is glimpsed, and forgiveness seems within reach. Like the International Booker Prize nominated The Eighth Life before it, Nino Haratischwili's The Lack of Light is an explosive, decades-spanning novel in which to lose yourself, brought to life by the vibrant colors of Georgian culture and its people, and told in the classic style of an epic. It is a glorious book readers will return to again and again.

Translated by Charlotte Collins and Ruth Martin

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 736
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780063253636
• Artikelnr.: 72267223

Autorenporträt

Born in Tbilisi in 1983, Nino Haratischwili is a multiple-award-winning novelist and dramatist and one of the most important authors of contemporary German literature. She is the author of the worldwide bestseller The Eighth Life (for Brilka), which was translated into numerous languages and nominated for the International Booker Prize, and The Cat and the General, which was shortlisted for the German Book Prize. Nino Haratischwili lives in Berlin.