{"product_id":"that-sweetest-wine-robert-cabot-9780929701608","title":"That Sweetest Wine: Three Novellas","description":"‹€‹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. \u003cp\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Cabot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0929701607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780929701608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McPherson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 263\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.33h x 5.31w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/23\/1999 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1999 pg. 1515\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/08\/1999 pg. 50\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Cabot","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48517563056383,"sku":"9780929701608","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d2cd681-c16e-4aad-a7ff-6bca5eac1c91.jpg?v=1778732132","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/that-sweetest-wine-robert-cabot-9780929701608","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}