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Blackberry Wine
from Joanne Harris, the bestselling author of Chocolat, comes a tantalising, sensuous and magical novel which takes us back to the charming French village of Lansquenet
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This novel will appeal to readers who appreciate evocative general fiction rich in atmosphere, magical realism, and themes of memory and escape. Fans of Joanne Harris's previous work, as well as admirers of authors like Victoria Hislop and Maggie O'Farrell, will find this a captivating and sensuous read.
Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return. A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village.
By the bestselling author of Chocolat, a tantalising and sensuous novel set in the same rural French village.
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By the bestselling author of Chocolat, a tantalising and sensuous novel set in the same rural French village.
This captivating and charming novel from international multi-million copy seller Joanne Harris takes us back to the French village we first discovered in Chocolat. Seamlessly interweaving the past and the present, magic and memory, it is a sensual rollercoaster that will appeal to fans of Victoria Hislop, Fiona Valpy, Maggie O'Farrell and Rachel Joyce.
'Thickly sensuous, wildly indulgent, magical escapism- Chocolat lovers will drink deeply' — GUARDIAN
'Joanne Harris has the gift of conveying her delight in the sensuous pleasures of food, wine, scent and plants... Blackberry Wine has all the appeal of a velvety scented glass of vintage wine' — DAILY MAIL
'A wonderful story' — * Reader review
'A beautiful story... beautifully written and very atmospheric' * Reader review
'I could NOT put this book down' * Reader review
'A very good book, lots of warmth and light' * Reader review
Jay Mackintosh is trapped by memory in the old familiar landscape of his childhood, to which he longs to return.
A bottle of home-brewed wine left to him by a long-vanished friend seems to provide the key to an old mystery. As the unusual properties of the strange brew take effect, Jay escapes to a derelict farmhouse in the French village of Lansquenet.
There, a ghost from the past waits to confront him, and the reclusive Marise — haunted, lovely and dangerous — hides a terrible secret behind her closed shutters.
Between them, a mysterious chemistry. Or could it be magic?
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Blackberry Wine has been praised for its sensuous and indulgent storytelling, likened to a "velvety scented glass of vintage wine" by the Daily Mail. The Guardian highlights its magical escapism, recommending it to fans of Chocolat. Both the Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times commend Joanne Harris's lively originality and clever writing, rich with sensory pleasures of food, wine, scent, and plants.
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ISBN: 9780552998000
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 April 2001
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Black Swan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 25.0mm
Width: 127.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 292g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Joanne Harris is the internationally renowned and award-winning author of over twenty novels. Her Whitbread-shortlisted novel Chocolat was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is the author of several other bestsellers, including The Lollipop Shoes, Peaches for Monsieur Le Cure and The Strawberry Thief. She has also written acclaimed novels in such diverse genres as fantasy based on Norse myth (Runemarks, Runelight, The Gospel of Loki), and the Malbry cycle of dark psychological thrillers (Gentlemen & Players, Blueeyedboy, and Different Class). Born in Barnsley, of an English father and a French mother, she spent fifteen years as a teacher before (somewhat reluctantly) becoming a full-time writer. In 2013, she was awarded an MBE, and in 2022 an OBE. She lives in Yorkshire, plays bass and flute in a band first formed when she was sixteen, and works in a shed in her garden. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and served for four years as Chair of the Society of Authors. She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.
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