Description
'A book of innocence and bawdiness, fury and joy...needs to be read and re-read' The Times
On the banks of the Thames a baby is found floating. Rescued by the Dog-Woman, a giant strong enough to fling an elephant into the air, their lives together will take them on a dizzying journey through space and time.
As past and present collapse and centuries overlap, love, sex, truth, lies and twelve dancing princesses take centre stage.
'Entrancing...fabulous... Its language retains the clear music of poetry' Sunday Telegraph
'Simple prose shows the subtlest of minds behind it, swift, confident and dazzling' Financial Times
'Her stories and characters levitate off the page into dancing life... A bold, bizarre and timely book' Independent
'Entrancing...fabulous... Its language retains the clear music of poetry' Sunday Telegraph
About the Author
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.
Reviews
A book of innocence and bawdiness, fury and joy...needs to be read and re-read * The Times *
Read it and marvel. Jeanette Winterson's voice is startlingly original, and her imaginative feats are utterly dazzling * Cosmopolitan *
Simple prose shows the subtlest of minds behind it, swift, confident and dazzling * Financial Times *
Winterson juggles past and present, fantasy and reality, to produce an original and entertaining novel which invites us to re-examine our own perceptions of time * Sunday Times *
Her stories and characters levitate off the page into dancing life... A bold, bizarre and timely book * Independent *
Book Information
ISBN 9780099598176
Author Jeanette Winterson
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Vintage
Publisher Vintage Publishing
Weight(grams) 161g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 130mm * 12mm
