The Easter Wine (French edition) by Elise Fischer

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.

🔵 Item features

• 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