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Like the best of Winterson's writing, such as Oranges are not the Only Fruit and The Passion, the novel is engaging, ambitious and contrary. Alongside a hearty historical realism, young girls swoon in locked towers that don't exist, islands slip sideways in time and mysterious diseases wipe out towns and cities. Even though Sexing the Cherry is short, it is impossible to read it in a straight line--fairy tales and dreams run in and out of the text and it's hard to resist chasing them. There is an exceptional playfulness at work too--an unravelling of the most solid of historical facts and fantastically unconventional fairy tales in which princesses smash the skulls of their princes with silver candlesticks or become worn and grey "like old sweaters". --Jane Honey
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 'Entrancing.fabulous. Its language retains the clear music of poetry' Sunday TelegraphSexing the Cherry celebrates the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perception of history and reality.It is a story about love and sex; lies and truths; and twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands.With a new introduction by the author'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'Her stories and characters levitate off the page into dancing life. A bold, bizarre and timely book'Independent'Simple prose shows the subtlest of minds behind it, swift, confident and dazzling'Financial Times 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780099598176
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Book Description Paperback / softback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Jeanette Winterson's voice is startlingly original, and her imaginative feats are utterly dazzling'Cosmopolitan'Her stories and characters levitate off the page into dancing life. A bold, bizarre and timely book'Independent'Simple prose shows the subtlest of minds behind it, swift, confident and dazzling' Financial Times. Seller Inventory # B9780099598176
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Book Description Condition: New. Celebrating the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perception of history and reality, this book features the story about love and sex; lies and truths; and twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780099598176
Book Description Condition: New. Celebrating the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perception of history and reality, this book features the story about love and sex; lies and truths; and twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144. . 2014. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # V9780099598176