Lovely short read, with lyrical writing and wonderful imagery. Anyone else read it?
www.amazon.com/Sexing-Che...pd_bbs_sr_1
www.amazon.com/Sexing-Che...pd_bbs_sr_1
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Tue, April 29, 2008 - 9:15 AMyears ago. LOVED it. Love her. -
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Wed, April 30, 2008 - 4:54 PMWinterson is one of my all time faves. Sexing The Cherry is great, but my favorites of hers are "Lighthousekeeping" and "Written On The Body".
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Thu, May 8, 2008 - 2:15 PMwhat is sexing the cherry about, if I may? -
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 7:51 AM"Bizarre images and bawdy laughter galvanize this splendid English farce about a prodigious giantess and her explorer son in 17th-century London. Jordan fetches the first pineapple to the court of Charles II, while his mother, The Dog Woman, wreaks vengeance upon Puritans in a brothel. The plague; the flying princesses who defy laws of the courts and gravity; Jordan's travels to the floating city and the botanical wonders of the New World--the tale nips easily in and out of history and fantasy. The two characters eventually merge into the grievously polluted life of modern London. Metaphors abound with polemics on environmental concerns and politics of past and present. Not for the Jackie Collins set" - Library Journal.
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Sat, May 10, 2008 - 7:49 AMI've read all her books and this one was one of my favourites. Oranges are not the only fruit, Lighthousekeeping and The Passion are also firm favourites.
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Sun, May 11, 2008 - 10:00 AMI've really been wanting to read this. It sounds fascinating. -
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Re: Sexing the Cherry, by Jeanette Winterson
Thu, May 15, 2008 - 3:48 PMyou really should - she's amazing, and this is classic Winterson.
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