num_pages: 241
description: One summer evening in 1808, Sobran Jodeau stumbles through his family's vineyard in Burgundy, filled with wine and love sorrows. As Sobran sways in a drunken swoon, an angel appears out of nowhere to catch him.Once he gets over his shock, Sobran decides that Xas, the male angel, is his guardian sent to counsel him on everything from marriage to wine production. But Xas turns out to be far more mysterious than angelic. Compelling and erotic, The Vintner's Luck is a decidedly unorthodox love story, one that presents angels as fierce and beautiful as Milton's, and a vision of Heaven, Hell, and the vineyards in between that is unforgettable.
language: English
title: The Vintner's Luck
titlecomplete: The Vintner's Luck
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, France, Angels, Historical, Queer, Historical Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, LGBT
ratings_count: 3422
places: Burgundy Region
series: Vintner's Luck
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: James Tiptree Jr. Award
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Tasmania Pacific Region Prize, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
category: Deutz Medal for Fiction or Poetry (Montana NZ Awards)
publisher: Victoria University Press