

In contemporary winemaking Lorraine, Élise Fischer paints the moving portrait of a woman in search of freedom. Amidst traditions surrounding Easter wine, buried memories, and intimate revelations, Annelise finds new meaning in her life in the heart of the vineyards of Toul. A novel sensitive and rooted in the Lorraine region.
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Easter wine, by Élise Fischer, is a sensitive and profoundly human novel that immerses us in contemporary Lorraine, between local traditions, personal introspection, and the resurgence of the past.
Annelise, in her fifties, a journalist, sees her life turned upside down. Sent on assignment to Villey-Saint-Étienne, a small village on the banks of the Moselle, she must cover an ancient custom: the distribution of wine to the villagers on Easter Day, a ritual rooted in the local wine heritage.
This report becomes the pretext for an inner journey. Between a unfaithful husband, of the children who have grown up, and a aging father locked in his silence, Annelise finds a space to breathe, refocus, and question her life choices.
On the road to Vineyards of Toul, she dives back into a summer of 1969. At the time, as a young scout leader, she experienced there a first intense love, during a camp not far from this village. But why did she flee from this promising happiness ?
Elise Fischer unfolds here a quest for truth and emancipation, where the wines of Lorraine are not just a backdrop: they become a symbol of memory, grounding, and rebirth. The wine here is the common thread of a tradition and a family transmission, but also the revealer of a buried past.
The author, originally from the region, takes advantage of her strong cultural anchoring to deliver an intimate and vibrant narrative, imbued with feminine sensitivity and of Reflection on unspoken family matters.
Easter wine is a novel both generous, endearing, and profound, mixing regional novel and quest for self, ideal for readers who are fans of literature rooted in French winemaking traditions.
Type of product : Book - Novel
Title : Easter wine
Author : Élise Fischer
Editor : Calmann-Lévy
Collection : French Literature
ISBN : 978-2-7021-6556-0
Language : French
Release date August 21, 2019
Number of pages : 320
Format : Paperback
Dimensions : 23.5 x 15.4 x 2.7 cm
Weight : 652 g
Availability : Print on demand
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