#vita nostra

[ofelijadrowned]

sasha samokhina.

#vita nostra #vitanostra #marina dyachenko #sergey dyachenko #dyachenko #sasha samokhina #oleg borisovich portnov #i am sasha samokhina #this book is so underrated #it literally changed my brain chemistry

[fishingforwords]

i am not afraid of loving you.

marina & sergey dyachenko, vita nostra || richard siken, crush || alison rollins, library of small catastrophes || haruki murakami, 1q84 || a softer world || house m.d. || @whiskeyatdawn ||

#on love #on fear #web weaving #my weavings #vita nostra #richard siken #library of small catastrophes #haruki murakami #1q84 #a softer world #house md #sade andria zabala

[pathos-bathos]

Book reccomendations in the academic spirit

#book reccs #book reccomendations #book reccomendation #fantasy #historical fiction #booklr #bookblr #jonathan strange & mr norrell #jonathan strange and mr norrell #jsmn #js&mn #jsamn #susanna clarke #babel #babel an arcane history #babel rf kuang #babel or the necessity of violence #r f kuang #rf kuang #pablo de santis #vita nostra #marina dyachenko #Sergey dyachenko #the secret history #tsh #donna tartt

[pensivegladiola]

Magic 101:

Still waiting on your letter? Check out these schools in the meantime…

#magical boarding schools #magic #books #book recommendations #literature #novels #female authors #women authors #books about magic #harry potter #the magicians #magicians #deadly education #naomi novik #vita nostra #marina dyachenko #bunny novel #mona awad #scrapegracers #the poppy war #rf kuang #seanan mcguire #wilder girls #rory power #dark academia #book covers #books with magic

[kingfisherprince]

emily st. john mandel, station eleven. // marina & sergey dyachenko, vita nostra. // t.s. eliot, the waste land. // sahir ludhianvi, pal do pal ka shayar. // roberto bolaño, the savage detectives. // ab de villiers: the autobiography. // roger federer, retirement announcement. // m.s. dhoni, retirement post.

#web weaving #my new obsession #station eleven #vita nostra #t s eliot #the waste land #the savage detectives #sahir ludhianvi #ab de villiers #virat kohli #ms dhoni #roger federer #rafael nadal #tennis #cricket #retirement #can you tell i'm in my retirement feels arc

[mashamorevvna]

By verbally identifying an object, by giving it a name, we alter it. And at the same time, we prevent it from changing.

A name is like a forked stick that we use to hold a snake on the ground.

Vita Nostra by Marina & Sergey Dyachenko

#.quote #selene #hmmmm. should really reread this book #vita nostra

[manuscripts-dontburn]

JOMP Book Photo Challenge hosted by  Just One More Page 

October 3rd: Faceless

#booklr #book photography #jompbpc #mine #Vita nostra

[cavarage]

I recently finished reading Vita Nostra and looked up the tag on Tumblr to see if there were any interesting thoughts about the book or related fanart but most of it is just "Dark academia! Aesthetic!" and I just want to put my head through a wall

#vita nostra #blabling again #fucking dark academia man all style no substance

[aliaoftheknives]

read vita nostra

#neil.txt #vita nostra

[thebloodydamnraven]

Some books fuck you up. They introduce an idea into your head, and it stays there, it grows, it haunts you at night. So, here are a few examples of that type of books, in case anybody is interested:

The Three Body Problem series. Man, just, cosmic horror and science fiction horror that isn't about body horror elements. Great for science nerds. The scale of these books is unbelievable, even if they start slow.

The Library At Mount Char. Fantasy elements, not dragons and magic type but more like secrets of the universe type, and reality is more than you think. The end is awesome, and it's best to read this book with a clear mind.

House of Leaves. Actual horror, if I were to specify I'd say psychological, but even that doesn't feel right. This book is an experience, it plays with your head. It just gets in there and never leaves. There are pages here about how sound moves in a space, and properties of it as well as light. Poetry too. Letters. A whole world.

Lovecraft, too. The Call Of Cthulhu is a good starter. Existential horror, eldritch fantasy.

Vita Nostra. Somebody described it as Harry Potter but written by Kafka, and it's very suitable. Dark academia elements, emotional metamorphosis. No actual body horror, at least by my standard. Reality is not what you think.

This is a personal opinion, of course. If you do read any of those, I recommend going into them without looking for information on them. Spoilers would destroy the experience. For myself, the experience of reading those books is indescribable. Some of them I've read years ago, but they still haunt me. An edit to add another book:

There Is No Antimemetics Division, followed by Five Five Five Five Five. A mix of psychological and cosmic horror, and it's great. Related to the SCP Foundation, but I wasn't familiar with it and I read it just fine. Based around the concept of antimemes, ideas and beings that erase themselves from your mind, that cannot be spread or remembered. Reality is fucked up.

#Lovecraft #The three body problem #The library at mount Char #The call of Cthulhu #The house of leaves #Vita Nostra #Most of these books are dark #Some in a depressive way #Some in a reality is an illusion way #Some in a deliciously vicious way #Science fiction #Horror #Cosmic horror #Book recs #Book recommendations #Books

[chthonic-cassandra]

No, Farit Kozhennikov could not be canceled. He was in every shard of text, in any draft, in any sketch, any grammatical construction. 'It's impossible to live in a world where you exist,' Sasha said to him once. 'It is is impossible live in a world where I do not exist,' he replied, 'Although it's hard to resign oneself to my existence, I realize that.'

Marina & Sergey Dyachenko, Assassin of Reality (trans. Julia Meitov Hersey)

#save her with fear #vita nostra #books

[caelstyx]

Character + Enviornment design for the Dark Academia novel "Vita Nostra" by  Maryna and Serhiy Dyachenko

#vita nostra #dark academia #character design #illustration #digital art #visual development #artists on tumblr #ukrainian literature #my art

[sejanus-plinth]

Oleg Borisovich Portnov | Character Study (the vita nostra series)

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ↳ “ But now, it was clear that whoever was sitting in front of Sasha was not human. Moreover, it had never been human. For the first time in her life Sasha saw—recognized, understood—what exactly an “embodied function” was. ( ... ) A glossary? An activator? A textbook? A textbook that was given a human name?

| Vita Nostra - Marina & Sergey Dyachenko

#vita nostra #vita nostra moodboard #vitanostra #portnov #oleg borisovich portnov #dyachenko #marina dyachenko #sergey dyachenko #moodboard #my edit #reading moodboard #HE'S SO FASCINATING AND I LOVE HIM SO MUCH #he was NEVER human #the quote about him being a glossary or textbook with a human name stunned me #im mad i couldnt find a picture i liked to show his long blonde ponytail tho :(

[seab]

What is so important about being human? Is it because you simply haven’t experienced anything else?

Marina & Sergey Dyachenko, Vita Nostra

#vita nostra #marina dyachenko #sergey dyachenko #quotes #literature

[thesupergirls]

Vita Nostra by Marina Dyachenko and Sergey Dyachenko, translated by Julia Meitov Hersey

#vita nostra #books

[zillanovikov]

The first thing you have to understand is that Vita Nostra is perfect. When something is its own ideal, fully encapsulated, how can there be a sequel? 

The answer is Assassin of Reality.

Sasha is older now, more aware. They are all. They know what is being done to them, and they know why. They cannot become a concept without deconstructing their humanity; they cannot grow without retaining it, at least a little. Without love, and therefore fear, to trap them. They will trade freedom for harmony. They will become the trap.

Except there are always possibilities. A world where the ice fell on neither mother nor baby carriage, where you bought the fire extinguisher, where you swerved away from the bus. A world where love exists without fear. 

Be brave, Sasha tells us.

#Vita Nostra #Assassin of Reality #Perfect books #dark academia