A summary of any of her plots would nevertheless sound outlandish, and it would be easy to make her writing seem pretentious by quoting her out of context. Journalists may wince at Winterson’s intensity, but readers do not: she has an immense following. And at her best ( The Passion and Sexing the Cherry) she is sublime: utterly original, daring, witty and tender. Even at her worst (which in her last novel, Written on the Body, she was) she’s still very good indeed. From the frozen Russia of Napoleons campaign, to the canals of Venice, this novel journeys through curious waterways of war and chance, where destiny and. Other novelists have joked, in private, about starting an annual award in her name, to be bestowed upon the most immodest of their profession. If the love was passion, the hate will be obsession. And every day it's proved right it grows a little more monstrous.
It's huge and desperate and it longs to be proved wrong.
A passionate advocate for Napoleonic politics, he moves from the kitchen to the army to try to fashion greater meaning for his life. Jeanette Winterson, The Passion 470 likes Like I didn't know what hate felt like, not the hate that comes after love. She has appeared in Pseuds Corner and in countless quotes of the week, month, year. The novel begins from Henri's perspective. Since she chose her own novel as her Book of the Year in a national newspaper, and announced on television that she considers herself the natural heir to Virginia Woolf, the media have enjoyed cocking a snook at her whenever possible. And every day its proved right it grows a little more monstrous. Its huge and desperate and it longs to be proved wrong. Jeanette Winterson has come in for a lot of flak for being bumptious. Jeanette Winterson, The Passion 470 likes Like I didnt know what hate felt like, not the hate that comes after love.
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