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Good grief. This was beautiful & devastating.

Set against a backdrop of history that includes the Napoleonic wars and Burgundian wine country life in 19th century France, this is a story about life and death, love and loss, heaven and hell, faith and betrayal. There's a murder mystery. There's madness. There’s desire. There is more than one love story. There are miracles. There is jealousy, sickness, war, cowardice and courage, wisdom and stupidity. It is a story that blends the richly earthy physical with the fantastically metaphysical, and there's some intriguing heretical thought about the nature of god, the devil, humankind, the afterlife, and the soul . . .

But what I got from this, mostly, was that this is a book about being human. About human life, it's strength and it's fragility, the beauty and the heartbreak of it. Shown through the lens of a lifelong friendship and love affair between a mortal man and an angel. And made all the more precious and tender and bittersweet by the never quite forgotten consciousness of life's transience. The foreknowledge that in the end we don't get to keep the ones we love.

"I had to give myself up to you for your lifetime. What is faith when you feel you've lost something forever? I had to have you - someone I could lose forever."

I’m sorry; I’m probably making this sound like a tragedy. It isn’t, not really. It’s just that this story traces a man's entire life, from the age of eighteen. And though there's joy in it, by definition that’s a thing made partly of grief. But also - and without going into spoilery detail it's hard to explain what I mean - there is a pathos here that is amplified by the juxtaposition of mortality and immortality.

This is a powerful, beautiful, deeply heartbreaking story. I highly recommend it. But be prepared for tears.


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The Vintner Luck Elizabeth Knox 9780099273899 Books Reviews

I first came across this story while watching the movie "A Heavenly Vintage." The film possessed of a couple of riveting scenes that I could not dislodge from memory. I spent a few days thinking about what I had seen, then nearly jumped with joy to discover that it was based on a book. I just needed to know more.

Rarely do I come across fiction that, in its spartan, beautiful efficiency, conjures such depth. The author's inspiration and passion for her characters comes through in each chapter, each separated by one year. The story, like the relationship between Sobran Jodeau and his night visitor, matures like fine wine, year after year, chapter after chapter, as it inches towards perfection and mortal death. The images that Knox paints about Heaven and Hell, good and evil, mortality and immortality are fragile and precious and will leave a lasting impression on your literary palette.

Perishable - such a wondrous word for our existence, written with love not disdain. This book will leave you filled with wondrous questions, best mulled over a good glass of wine. Magnificent.
I have a confession to make. I have a secret soft spot for trashy novels. You know the sort—shallow, not particularly thought provoking, usually cheesy enough to make me short-laugh—the literary equivalent of late night, B-grade sci-fi. The problem with such books is that they so often overlap with books I would call trash—poorly written, weakly plotted, the cheese isn't purposeful or snort inducing. Lately, a disappointing percentage of my reading has fallen into that latter category and I decided I needed, NEEDED something with some substance. This book came highly recommended and boy did it fill the bill.

It isn't a book you just fall into. It's choppy, whole years sometimes covered in a page or one single event representing an entire year, as the narrative flies through Sobran's WHOLE life. (But I have to add that the prose is stunningly beautiful.) It's often confusing. It's sad. It has a dubiously happy ending. But it's also heart-felt and evocative. I teared up more than once. While I didn't love the book until about 2/3 of the way through, by the end it had me wholly wrapped around itself.

I'll admit that the narrative style made the characters feel distant and the large gaps in time that the characters spent apart made it difficult for me to feel their love, but I never doubted it. It just took on a form I had to think deeper to grasp. And I don't just mean the love between Xas and Sobran. There are several types of love shown between different characters in the book, though often subtly and unremarked upon. Also, because so many chapters are presented as mere vignettes, I often was left scratching my head at the significance of certain events.

Most unusual of all, I rather enjoyed the religious aspects of the book. Xas' relationship to/with God and Lucifer, as well as his purpose between them was intriguing. I never felt preached at, as I don't think anyone ever preached.

All in all, I needed the 'See, I can read smart books too' reboot and had the added bonus of truly enjoying the read. I'm well up for more of Knox's writing in the future.
Good grief. This was beautiful & devastating.

Set against a backdrop of history that includes the Napoleonic wars and Burgundian wine country life in 19th century France, this is a story about life and death, love and loss, heaven and hell, faith and betrayal. There's a murder mystery. There's madness. There’s desire. There is more than one love story. There are miracles. There is jealousy, sickness, war, cowardice and courage, wisdom and stupidity. It is a story that blends the richly earthy physical with the fantastically metaphysical, and there's some intriguing heretical thought about the nature of god, the devil, humankind, the afterlife, and the soul . . .

But what I got from this, mostly, was that this is a book about being human. About human life, it's strength and it's fragility, the beauty and the heartbreak of it. Shown through the lens of a lifelong friendship and love affair between a mortal man and an angel. And made all the more precious and tender and bittersweet by the never quite forgotten consciousness of life's transience. The foreknowledge that in the end we don't get to keep the ones we love.

"I had to give myself up to you for your lifetime. What is faith when you feel you've lost something forever? I had to have you - someone I could lose forever."

I’m sorry; I’m probably making this sound like a tragedy. It isn’t, not really. It’s just that this story traces a man's entire life, from the age of eighteen. And though there's joy in it, by definition that’s a thing made partly of grief. But also - and without going into spoilery detail it's hard to explain what I mean - there is a pathos here that is amplified by the juxtaposition of mortality and immortality.

This is a powerful, beautiful, deeply heartbreaking story. I highly recommend it. But be prepared for tears.