The most beguilingly seductive novel to date from the author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry . Winterson chronicles the consuming affair between the narrator, who is given neither name nor gender, and the beloved, a complex and confused married woman.
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The most beguilingly seductive novel to date from the author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry . Winterson chronicles the consuming affair between the narrator, who is given neither name nor gender, and the beloved, a complex and confused married woman.
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This novel examines the relationship between gender, the body, love, and lust. The narrator's gender is unknown, and furthermore, we know the narrator mostly through his/her lovers, and this causes the reader to analyze every action. This novel is exceptionally wonderful in that it causes the reader's concept of gender to be questioned. It's told with a beautiful, violent urgency. Wonderful.
jokergal
Apr 2, 2007
Amazingly wonderful
Although heartbreaking at moments, Jeanette Winterson's book is amazingly beautiful. A master with word play she creates a world that is defined by the human body. The story is told from the point of view of a nameless and genderless narrator and throughout you are searching for clues to both questions. A book about love, lose, and beauty this book will be hard to put down. Her words are beautiful and I find myself rereading it every few months.
