Marina Dyachenko
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| Title | : | Vita Nostra (Метаморфозы #1) |
| Author | : | Marina Dyachenko |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | 2nd edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | 2008 by Эксмо (first published 2007) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Cultural. Russia. Adult. Magical Realism. Science Fiction Fantasy |
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Жизнь Саши Самохиной превращается в кошмар. Ей сделали предложение, от которого невозможно отказаться; окончив школу, Саша против своей воли поступает в странный институт Специальных Технологий, где студенты похожи на чудовищ, а преподаватели – на падших ангелов. Здесь её учат… Чему? И что случится с ней по окончании учебы?Be Specific About Books During Vita Nostra (Метаморфозы #1)
| Original Title: | Vita Nostra |
| ISBN: | 5699206736 (ISBN13: 9785699206735) |
| Edition Language: | Russian |
| Series: | Метаморфозы #1 |
| Literary Awards: | РосКон for Романы (2008) |
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Ratings: 4.12 From 5092 Users | 921 ReviewsArticle Epithetical Books Vita Nostra (Метаморфозы #1)
The best and most fascinating book I have read in years.
Vita Nostra is a dark and deeply provocative novel about psychological and metaphysical transformation that defies explanation even after you get to the end. It is so compelling to read, with endlessly twisting turns that loop back as often as they split off or move forward. I wouldn't necessarily be able to explain it all to someone, but I'm confident it will keep my internal dialogue going for a long time.
GR friends have pointed out they can tell whether I am enjoying a book by how long it takes me to read it - so the fact it took me 8 days to complete 400 pages should tell you something (in comparison, I read the 500 pages of the far superior The Book of Strange New Things in less than 2 days). I'm not sure what even drew me to this book in the first place, since I don't read much fantasy (although this barely qualifies), so it must have been the Russian aspect ... or the VERY cool cover. I
*** 4.75 ***"... There are words that are simply trash, refuse, they turn into nothing immediately after they are spoken. Others throw shadows, hideous and pathetic, and sometimes gorgeous and powerful, capable of saving a dying soul. But only a few of these words become human beings and pronounce other words. And everyone in the world has a chance of encountering someone whom he himself spoke out loud . . .... I don't think I can give the right explanation, and it is weird that the word
This is a most unusual novel, especially for Western readers. It's strange and thoughtful and dark, full of psychological twists and turns, metaphysical tangents, and the desperately humorous shenanigans of young adults carrying on at a grim Russian boarding school that is turning them all into... what, they do not exactly know.I described Marina and Sergey Dyachenko's novel The Scar as "swords & sorcery if written by Fyodor Dostoevsky." I don't think I'm stretching the Russian-lit analogy
There are concepts that cannot be imagined but can be named. Having received a name, they change, they flow into a different entity, and cease to correspond to the name, and then they can be given another, different name, and this process the spellbinding process of creation is indefinite: this is the word that names it, and this is the word that signifies. A concept as an organism, and text as the universe. I don't think there's a word in this entire universe that can be spoken, that can be
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