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| Original Title: | Black Wine |
| ISBN: | 0312865783 (ISBN13: 9780312865788) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award (1997), James Tiptree Jr. Award (1997), Prix Aurora Award for Best Long Form Work in English (1998) |
Candas Jane Dorsey
Paperback | Pages: 285 pages Rating: 3.73 | 326 Users | 54 Reviews
Identify Of Books Black Wine
| Title | : | Black Wine |
| Author | : | Candas Jane Dorsey |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 285 pages |
| Published | : | November 15th 1997 by Tor Books (first published 1996) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Science Fiction Fantasy. Speculative Fiction. Feminism |
Narration During Books Black Wine
Why is there an old woman, in a hanging cage for punishment, keeping a journal written in blood? Candas Jane Dorsey has written an ambitious, feminist novel about women coming to terms with their identity in a barbarous fantasy world. Dorsey's women travel across the world, from the slave dens to the merchant cities, across seas by ship and by dirigible, to isolated mountain villages and back again. "But there remains provocative ambiguity as the story progresses. There is a woman exiled from her family, a mother who has abandoned her daughter, an old woman in a cage, a young women slave on a lord's estate who does not remember her past. How many of them are the same woman?Rating Of Books Black Wine
Ratings: 3.73 From 326 Users | 54 ReviewsDiscuss Of Books Black Wine
What a tour-de-force. Black Wine is not only a darkly satisfying piece of literary sci -fi, but a blisteringly uncompromising exploration of gender, identity and sexual politics. Gorgeously written, it was no surprise to discover that Candas Jane Dorsey is a poet, and her love of words shines through the story. At times the shifts between narrative voices could be confusing, but as the story unfolds the reason for this blurring of identity becomes clear. There is beauty in bleakness. Wonderful.Parts of this were sublime, parts were overwrought, and a few parts were boring. I liked the sharp turns to the surreal. Dorseys horror imagery is extremely evocative and effective. The end definitely felt rushed. But it was a weird book and Im really not sure what I thought of it, all told.
A well written book with good ideas. Another book I picked up because it was written by a Canadian. Just not my typical type of fiction that I enjoy.
This was a strange and difficult novel. Not difficult to read the way that words are read, but difficult to process, emotionally.It's very strong on feminism by way of how much crap women go through in these pages. It's ostensibly a fantasy with lots of adventure and traveling, but through different characterizations, we're subject to tons of slavery, abuse, acceptance in the midst of horror, and sex.I can see where people might call this a literary novel as much as they might call it a fantasy.
4.5 starsThis book is as rich, complex, and worth savoring as one imagines the eponymous black wine to be. The characters are delightful and intriguing, and hold up well to the multiple-narrator structure (unlike certain other books The Boleyn Inheritance I've read recently). The plot is intricately structured and well-paced, and the themes are interesting without being overbearing. On top of all that, it is beautifully written, including some brilliant turns of phrase, one of my favorites being
This was a strange and difficult novel. Not difficult to read the way that words are read, but difficult to process, emotionally.It's very strong on feminism by way of how much crap women go through in these pages. It's ostensibly a fantasy with lots of adventure and traveling, but through different characterizations, we're subject to tons of slavery, abuse, acceptance in the midst of horror, and sex.I can see where people might call this a literary novel as much as they might call it a fantasy.
I got this book as a birthday present from my sister.As soon as I was done reading it (with that shuddering pleasure that only the absolute best books give you), I passed it back to her to read... and I still haven't got it back, because when she was done, she gave it to her boyfriend to read (someone who is not the biggest fantasy fan), and he won't read the very end, because "But once I finish it, it'll be over!"I'm considering buying another copy, to re-read it and pass it on again to someone
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