his 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.
‘A novel that deserves revisiting…Winterson maintains a balance of tone, a trueness of voice… It remains one of the finest things Winterson has written’ Observer
‘Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language… In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming’ Evening Standard
‘Even at a time when so many good and interesting novels are coming out, hers stand out as performances of real originality and extraordinary promise’ John Bayley
‘A wonderful rites-of-passage novel’ Mariella Frostrup
Jeanette Winterson OBE was born in Manchester. Adopted by Pentecostal parents she was raised to be a missionary. This did and didn't work out.
Discovering early the power of books she left home at 16 to live in a Mini and get on with her education. After graduating from Oxford university she worked for a while in the theatre and published her first novel at 25.
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"People do go back but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time. Such things are too much. You can salt your heart or kill your heart or you can choose between two realities. There's much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. The cake goes mouldy and they choke on what's left." 讀過中文版竟不記得
评分There’s no choice that doesn’t mean a loss.
评分真的孤独。作者前言很棒 It is the poet who is trying to understand us.
评分"read yourself as a fiction as well as a fact"
评分当宗教撞上性取向,教条束缚撞上自由意志,她选择做一只野生狐狸,而不是温驯的犬。
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