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| Title | : | The Vintner's Luck (Vintner's Luck #1) |
| Author | : | Elizabeth Knox |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 284 pages |
| Published | : | August 5th 2000 by Picador (first published 1998) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. LGBT. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance |
Elizabeth Knox
Paperback | Pages: 284 pages Rating: 3.87 | 2901 Users | 379 Reviews
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One summer night in 1808, Sobran Jodeau sets out to drown his love sorrows in his family's vineyard when he stumbles on an angel. Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be a far more mysterious character. Compelling and erotic, The Vintner's Luck explores a decidedly unorthodox love story as Sobran eventually comes to love and be loved by both Xas and the young Countess de Valday, his friend and employer at the neighboring chateau.Identify Books Concering The Vintner's Luck (Vintner's Luck #1)
| Original Title: | The Vintner's Luck |
| ISBN: | 0312264100 (ISBN13: 9780312264109) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Vintner's Luck #1 |
| Setting: | Burgundy Region(France) |
| Literary Awards: | Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction (1999), James Tiptree Jr. Award Nominee for Longlist (1999), Tasmania Pacific Region Prize (2001), Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry (Montana NZ Awards) (1999) |
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Ratings: 3.87 From 2901 Users | 379 ReviewsAssess Regarding Books The Vintner's Luck (Vintner's Luck #1)
This book- I'm not sure what to rate it.I liked it somewhat. The unorthodox love story between a man and a angel sounded like it would make for a great story. But honestly? I found it to be a slow and dragging read. It didn't catch my attention until I reached 30% and then again towards the 50'ish % mark. Being that the story took place during the 1800's I think that had some to do with it. Not the historical aspect of it, but in the way it was written. So I think this is one of those momentsI don't know how many of you realise this, but from the age of 11 or so, I grew up in New Zealand. Our English curriculum makes it compulsory for us to do a reading log for every English class, covering a variety of books. In order to support our local heritage the log needs to include at least one book by a local NZ author each year. Shouldn't be too hard, right? We produced Joy Cowley, Maurice Gee, Katherine Mansfield, Phillip Mann and Witi Ihimaera. Shouldn't be too hard at all.Except for one
My flatmate recommended this to me with much high praise. And read my copy before I got my hands on it, and cried at it a lot. I have to confess, when I started reading it, I didn't really get into it. The story is about a man who agrees to meet an angel (or an angel who agrees to meet a man?) at the same time every year, for one night every year. The story focuses on these meetings, so what we get are glimpses into a life. It isn't just the meetings, but it focuses mostly on them, rather than
Deceptively simple story of the relationship between a fallen angel and a French vintner across a lifetime. Superficially, there are some aspects of the book I didn't like - the characterization is a bit weak and parts of it tend towards melodrama. However, there's so much going on under the surface: the way that Sobran's life is shown to parallel the making of a wine, the theme of symmetry/duplication, Xas' relationship with Christ, the way the divine interacts with the natural. Xas' single
4.5 starsMy heart has been completely pulverised.. holy hell
This book had me in tears. Knox has a wonderful way of carving words and phrases to create such beautiful imagery and meaning, I think this book is going to stay with me for a while.
3.5 stars. this quite book is such a gently captivating read. I tis the story of Sobran's life and his relationship with Xas his angel who agrees to meet him one night each year. "Flirtation, not love," was one of my favourite ways to describe this book until about halfway through where I feel hard as the love story grows and becomes heart-wrenchingly wonderful. The love story between Xas and Sobran was the part that truly captured me. It isn't easy, they both struggle, as how can a relationship
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