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Title: Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson ISBN: 0-679-74447-9 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 01 February, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (68 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful love story, wonderful writing!!
Comment: "Written on the body is a secret code only visible in certain lights; the accumulations of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like braille. I like to keep my body rolled up away from prying eyes. Never unfold too much, tell the whole story. I didn't know that Louise would have reading hands. She has translated me into her own book." -Jeanette Winterson
A Russian translator speaks about the preoccupation that this person has with women -- a series of women, until Louise comes into this person's life, transforming it forever. Their Love Story is beautifully detailed and lovingly chronicled in heartstopping prose. This writer can create unforgettable paragraphs. Her book is refreshingly put together, and she has used abundant creativity in constructing loving passages, one after another, written on the body -- or rather about the body, and the protagonist's insatiable longing for Louise.
Poignant, pensive, and beautiful -- this book is a joy. The Love Story is magical and wondrous and makes one's heart flutter to read about it. I shall treasure my memories of it. Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: Breathtaking
Comment: This is an extraordinary narrative that focuses on the pleasure and the pain associated with being in love. An individual who has no name, no gender and no age tells the story to us. We as readers can easily relate to the narrator's feelings despite the fact that there is nothing distinctive or tangible about the narrator for us to relate to. The fact is the narrator is swimming in a sea of beautiful emotions where I'm sure many of us would love to drown. We hear about the narrator's intense relationship with Louise, a beautiful woman with flaming red hair who is married to a stodgy, fuddy-duddy named Elgin. The writing is so descriptive and captivating, one can really understand how it must feel to love someone with every last ounce of their existence. Jeanette Winterson takes us to a sensual place where many of us have visited at one time or another or would love to visit again. With beautifully descriptive and insightful writing, wry wit and splashes of comedy, "Written on the Body" is a book you'll want to read over and over again! Highly recommended!
Rating: 5
Summary: Exquisite
Comment: Every time someone asks me my favorite book, this is the one I name. Ms. Winterson has created the loveliest of lovely with this book... Her words read like chocolate melting on a tongue, and her characters' passion reflects her own for truly original and outstanding literature.
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Title: The Passion by Jeanette Winterson ISBN: 0802135226 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson ISBN: 0802135161 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson ISBN: 0802135781 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The American Short Story and Its Writer: An Anthology by Ann Charters ISBN: 0312191766 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $64.65 |
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Title: The World and Other Places : Stories by Jeanette Winterson ISBN: 0375702369 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 20 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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