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Winterson, Jeanette

 
9780099935704: Oranges are Not the Only Fruit
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ISBN 10: 0099935708 ISBN 13: 9780099935704
Editorial: Vintage, 2009

Sinopsis

This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, "Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit" is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.

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Acerca del autor

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.

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'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' Muriel Spark, Vanity Fair



This is the story of Jeanette, adopted and brought up by her mother as one of God's elect. Zealous and passionate, she seems seems destined for life as a missionary, but then she falls for one of her converts. At sixteen, Jeanette decides to leave the church, her home and her family, for the young woman she loves. Innovative, punchy and tender, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a few days ride into the bizarre outposts of religious excess and human obsession.



'Her novels stand out as performances of real originality and extraordinary promise' John Bayley

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Editorial
Vintage
Año de publicación
2009
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0099935708
ISBN 13 
9780099935704
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
240
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