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Black Wine (1996)

av Candas Jane Dorsey

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"Those who enjoy the work of such popular feminist speculative fiction writers as Joanna Russ and Ursula K. Le Guin will find much to admire here." --Publishers Weekly   Winner of the IAFA Crawford, and the James Tiptree, Jr., and the Aurora awards, Black Wine beckons readers into a stark and richly realized world similar to yet very different from our own, to explore the many ways a woman can be cut off from her own history.  How does a woman survive, maintain her sense of self in such a place? An amnesiac slave girl struggles to learn about her past--and secure a future outside the oppressive society that binds her. A female adventurer confronts danger as she searches for her lost mother. A wife struggles within a marriage to a man she does not want. A world of female characters whose emotional journeys are intimately intertwined, where identity and history, language and perception, sexuality and oppression, unite them in their search for meaning, human connection, and ultimately, freedom.   "The careful braiding of self, places, and times insidiously pulls you in.--Elisabeth Vonarburg, author of The Silent City and The Maerlande Chronicles   "Like its title, Black Wine is rare and darkly glowing with iridescence. A taut, spare, wonderful creation." --Edmonton Journal    "A tantalizing, distinctive, sexy, and beautifully rendered first novel." --Kirkus Reviews… (mer)
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An intricate, interesting novel, which actually reminded me of some of Iain M. Banks' work more than anything, with interlacing narrative perspectives in a dangerously diverse but mimimally portrayed world. There is good sex, and very bad sex, and power wielded against those who are divergent or deviant, and there is some brutal violence which I admit I found a bit of a deterrent from following the main plot. I am rather surprised that the author hasn't written a lot more. ( )
  nwhyte | Jun 9, 2020 |
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. The question of sexuality takes the forefront with LGBT featured. On top of that, the difficult narrative drive of abuse shows up in all shapes and sizes. I've read a lot of mightily difficult novels in this vein.

One particular novel that was written long after Black Wine, in particular, comes to mind. [b:The Book of the Unnamed Midwife|29806086|The Book of the Unnamed Midwife (The Road to Nowhere #1)|Meg Elison|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1465976614s/29806086.jpg|41858562] is just as emotional to read and while one is fantasy and the other is dystopian SF, they both have a LOT in common.

The strangeness of this novel has nothing to do with sex or abuse, however. It mostly has to do with questioning the nature of the characters in relation to the narrator. Confusing? Not quite spelled out except perhaps it is at the end? Yes to both. We're meant to re-evaluate all of the text, and it pretty much worked. Except where it didn't, quite, for me. A little too arty perhaps. I'm worried it cheapened rather than deepened the full experience.

It IS, however, well worth reading for all of us interested in the nastiness of the human condition and what steps we take to survive and find happiness despite it. ( )
  bradleyhorner | Jun 1, 2020 |
Beautifully written. Weaves through complex families and fantasy geography with no maps. DNF at page 100 because I was unable to follow who-was-who. ( )
  JesseTheK | Nov 3, 2019 |
Very confusing at the beginning with the 3 separate storylines, but worth it eventually. ( )
  haloedrain | Aug 3, 2019 |
I liked it, but I'm not sure I really get it. ( )
  natcontrary | May 21, 2018 |
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"Those who enjoy the work of such popular feminist speculative fiction writers as Joanna Russ and Ursula K. Le Guin will find much to admire here." --Publishers Weekly   Winner of the IAFA Crawford, and the James Tiptree, Jr., and the Aurora awards, Black Wine beckons readers into a stark and richly realized world similar to yet very different from our own, to explore the many ways a woman can be cut off from her own history.  How does a woman survive, maintain her sense of self in such a place? An amnesiac slave girl struggles to learn about her past--and secure a future outside the oppressive society that binds her. A female adventurer confronts danger as she searches for her lost mother. A wife struggles within a marriage to a man she does not want. A world of female characters whose emotional journeys are intimately intertwined, where identity and history, language and perception, sexuality and oppression, unite them in their search for meaning, human connection, and ultimately, freedom.   "The careful braiding of self, places, and times insidiously pulls you in.--Elisabeth Vonarburg, author of The Silent City and The Maerlande Chronicles   "Like its title, Black Wine is rare and darkly glowing with iridescence. A taut, spare, wonderful creation." --Edmonton Journal    "A tantalizing, distinctive, sexy, and beautifully rendered first novel." --Kirkus Reviews

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