Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Garnering rave reviews coast-to-coast, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is an unforgettable debut novel that deftly explores the human cost of warand the healing power of hope. But over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja's world will shift on its axis, revealing the intricate pattern of connections that binds these three unlikely companions together and unexpectedly decides their fate.'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is simply spectacular' Ann Patchett *** Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017 ***In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. When Akhmed arrives with Havaa, asking Sonja for shelter, she has no idea who the pair are.
Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, and when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able to help.For tough-minded doctor Sonja Rabina, it's just another day of trying to keep her bombed-out, abandoned hospital going. When everything else seems lost, watch out for the unexpected ties that bind us together.*** Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017 ***In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. And ultimately it’s about trying to figure out the narrative shape itself.Book Description Paperback. In his debut novel, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra transports readers to Chechnya, a war-torn Russian republic that has long sought independence. So you have these various scenes, in various settings, and you’re trying to figure out how can I plausibly create a narrative structure that will be able to contain them all? It’s the research for me that is absolutely about that sense of trying to not only give interesting color to a piece and also a vague sense of historical accuracy. So, for instance, some of the book is set in Italy in the 1930s, some is set in Los Angeles, Somerset, in the Utah desert, where a sort of life sized replica of a Berlin neighborhood is built. You’re figuring out, how can I move from this point to that point in the most logical and expeditious path as possible. Research is figuring out what the borders of this fictional world is, and each little interesting nugget, or anecdote, that you come upon in your research becomes a little pin on your map, which it ends up giving the shape and structure to the novel itself. A CONSTELLATION OF VITAL PHENOMENA by Anthony Marra RELEASE DATE: A decade of war in Chechnya informs this multivalent, heartfelt debut, filled with broken families, lost limbs and valiant efforts to find scraps of hope and dignity. The night before, a villager named Dokka was captured and taken by Federalist soldiers, and his house was burned to the ground. The story, told from an omniscient point of view, begins one morning in 2004 in the small Chechen village of Eldr. I’ve often discussed research in terms of archeology, that it’s this process of unearthing or excavating, but for me, it’s always seemed more like mapmaking. Overview A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is the 2013 debut novel by American author Anthony Marra. It precedes the writing and it outlives it. Marra is the author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, and this novel is.
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I feel like one of the real pleasures of being a writer is that it gives you the excuse to become an amateur expert in any particular subject you’re interested, and a book almost becomes the vessel in which you’re trying to pour your enthusiasms. The dawn of WWII stirs politics into the movie business and Maria needs to. Kenneth Branagh)Īnthony Marra: Yeah, it’s interesting.
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