Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Softcover

Winterson, Jeanette

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0863580424 ISBN 13: 9780863580420

Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987

Synopsis

Describes the humorous adventures during the childhood of an eccentric girl, whose mother unsuccessfully tries to protect her from temptations

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“An explosively imaginative writer.” – The London Free Press

“She is a master of her material, a writer [of] great talent.” – Muriel Spark

“Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language.” – Evening Standard

“The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk…. As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down.” – The New York Review of Books

“The most interesting writer I have read in twenty years.” –Gore Vidal

About the Author:

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. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is based on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character. She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years later she re-visited that material in the bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written 10 novels for adults, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She writes regularly for the Guardian. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London. She believes that art is for everyone and it is her mission to prove it.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0863580424
• ISBN 13: 9780863580420
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176