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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Her writing style focuses on the senses, especially those of taste and smell. This may be due to the fact that Harris has a form of synaesthesia, in which she experiences colours as scents. [8] It's only a matter of not losing hope completely and let others surprise you, with one foot in the Earth and the other one suspended in the air, letting the wind blow where it has to. Home brewed wine made by Joe takes unusual importance in the present time of the story, because it's only when Jay drinks it that he finds the courage to change what makes him unhappy. Guided by a kind of Joe's ghost, Jay leaves London and moves to a little rural village in France where he buys an abandoned farm and where he starts writing again, inspired by his mysterious neighbour, Marisa. Shaffi, Sarah; Knight, Lucy (12 July 2022). "Adjoa Andoh, Russell T Davies and Michaela Coel elected to Royal Society of Literature". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 23 June 2023.

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What if you could bottle a year of your past? Which one would it be? Which time of year? What would it smell like? How would it taste? Now Harris Magic is never really magic (except the Norse books and the fairy tales) but it's the kind of magic you can choose to believe is real but maybe it's also just the magic you find in the small things in life. Her books are the closest I ever get to reading what I call Mummy Literature, which mainly features unexpected romances in charming small villages with a cupcake shop on the cover and a woman in a polka-dot dress... But I love her novels because, unlike those Mummy books, her novels aren't about bubbly pretty young things who get a prince when they least expect it after a bad break up. They are about real things and independence and rawness and grief and they make you want to live a wilder, less artificial life and enjoy every damn fruit you eat.Trees (4 October 2011). "British Tree Week: Best woodland walks". The Daily Telegraph. London . Retrieved 30 August 2012. Seven Miles of Steel Thistles: The Pied Piper of Hamelin". Steelthistles.blogspot.co.uk. 20 April 2012 . Retrieved 30 August 2012.

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Jei prakalbėtų, ką papasakotų vynas? Tai ir tam tikro laiko dvelksmas, prisiminimai ir nostalgija, kvapų ir skonių alchemija, šventė ir kasdienybės akimirka. Šiame romane neįprasta tai, jog istoriją pradeda pasakoti vynas. Viskas prasideda nuo to, kai rūsyje atsiranda šeši seno vyno buteliai, ranka užrašytomis etiketėmis – Ypatingieji.Harris was a guest on the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, Desert Island Discs in November 2021. [6] Recurrent themes [ edit ]