That Sweetest Wine: Three Novellas (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780929701608)

‹€‹Vin santo, a strong, intensely sweet wine, was made by islanders in certain parts of the Mediterranean, from grapes that were laid out to sweeten on hot granite ledges in the autumn sun. Each of these elegiac novellas fuses traditional narrative and poetic prose to explore the naked feelings of loss. That sweetest of wines kindles implacable absence held in memory -- yet fortifies lingering hope.

The island villagers in Breath of the Earth recall the misery and joys of past lives, the heroes in battle against pirates and harsh gods, and their natural world now slipping away. In Rat in the Boardroom, the founder of an economic empire lies abandoned to his dotage on his sick bed, possessing a blindness which will inflict his descendants. In the final novella, Touch of Dust, a man's life is played out ag

Author: Robert Cabot
ISBN-10: 0929701607
ISBN-13: 9780929701608
Publisher: McPherson
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1999
Pages: 263
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.33h x 5.31w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/23/1999 pg. 49
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/1999 pg. 1515
Publishers Weekly 11/08/1999 pg. 50