I am still an atheist, and well grounded in reality, but my concepts of our emotions and how they define us have changed significantly.Īnyways, I hope that my thoughts encourage you to go read that book, and in turn help the authors make more fantastic works. I am an atheist and have always believed more strongly in the physicalist side of Dualism than the idealist side, but to be honest this book has challenged some of those beliefs. I found myself internally screaming at certain characters, not because they were being stupid but because I cared so deeply for them that I couldn't distinguish their logical path from ours, I know that is a bad description but once again I lack the words. How astounding it would be to read that in it's native language.ĭespite it being a translation, and wow that was an amazing job of a translation, it touched me in a way that I didn't realize literature could touch me. The definitive English language translation of the internationally bestselling Russian novel - a brilliant dark fantasy with 'the potential to be a modern classic' (Lev Grossman), combining psychological suspense, enchantment, and terror that makes us consider human existence in a fresh and provocative way. Every time she completes one, she is rewarded with strange gold coins.

He directs her to perform certain tasks, and she is powerless to refuse. While vacationing with her mom, Sasha Samokhina meets the mysterious Farit Kozhennikov. I cannot wait for the English translations of the second and third books to be published, and I wish so badly that I knew Russian. Translated from Russian by Julia Meitov Hersey, Vita Nostra is a dark version of Harry Potter. I started it prepared for some form of dark/high modern fantasy, basically thinking it was going to be better Harry Potter and wow have I never been so wrong. Vita Nostra (English) (2 books) by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko, Julia Meitov Hersey (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.03 avg rating 14,842 ratings (4 books) by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko 3.89 avg rating 1,831 ratings Tuacze (4 books) by Marina Dyachenko, Sergey Dyachenko 3. I honestly lack the words to express how stunned I am. I saw that book recommended on this subreddit two days ago, and have already finished it.

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