A 100-year-old Bulgarian wonders if he has any wisdom to leave to the world and takes epic armchair journey through a century of violent politics, forbidden music, lost love and failed chemistry, finding his way eventually to an astonishing epiphany of tenderness and enlightenment. Winner of the UK Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2009.
Angela Davis-Gardner is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, FELICE, FORMS OF SHELTER, and PLUM WINE. Her short stories and personal essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines including Shenandoah and The Greensboro Review. Due to the success of Plum Wine she has been able to retire as professor of creative writing at North Carolina State University to write full time.
Plum Wine is one of Nancy Olson's favorite books of 2006 and one of the top sellers for the book store in 2006.
Angela Davis-Gardner is the author of three critically acclaimed novels, FELICE, FORMS OF SHELTER, and PLUM WINE. Her short stories and personal essays have appeared in numerous literary magazines including Shenandoah and The Greensboro Review. Due to the success of Plum Wine she has been able to retire as professor of creative writing at North Carolina State University to write full time.
