The World and Other Places by Jeanette Winterson

The World and Other Places

Jeanette Winterson

With language as dazzling as the wondrous visionary landscapes they evoke, these seventeen works transport the reader to worlds in which sleep is illegal, the lives of lonely department store clerks are transformed by fairies, the rich wear coal jewelry on an island of diamonds, and the living laminate their dead. Here is a universe where rooms go missing, women give birth to their lovers, and the young contemplate God’s creative powers through pet tortoises.

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Details

ISBN 375702369
Genre Fiction; Short Story Collection (Single Author)
Publication Date 20-Jun-00
Publisher Vintage
Format Trade Paperback
No. of Pages 240
Language English
Rating NotRated
BookID 14962

Author: LFWBooks