by Jeanette Winterson
Are we all living like this? Two lives, the ideal outer life and the inner imaginative life where we keep our secrets?Μια διάχυτη επιθυμία ρήξης με τις παραδοσιακές και λογικές αντιλήψεις, ένα έργο μεταμοντέρνων ιδεών περί των παραδοσιακών διαιρέσεων του χρόνου σε παρελθόν, παρόν και μέλλον, για τον...
Parts of it reminds me of Angela Carter's fairytale/folklore retellings as well as [b:Invisible Cities|9809|Invisible Cities|Italo Calvino|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388395463s/9809.jpg|68476] by [a:Italo Calvino|155517|Italo Calvino|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/13...
Review to come.
This is a strange book. I suppose post modern is what some would say. Historical fiction is what others would call it. It’s about rivers and how rivers – the Thames, Delaware, Schuylkill, St. Laurent, Ole Man River - are time. How cities are time. How everywhere you step, you ste...
Perhaps this wasn't my time for this book.
This is a short book, but not necessarily an easy one. I have never read anything quite like it -- and I consider that the highest of compliments.The language Jeanette Winterson uses is so eloquent; the imagery is absolutely beautiful. The best way I can think to describe this novel doesn't even com...
One of the strangest books I've read. Much too out there for me. Really. I don't think I'd re-read this even, to get any additional insight.
Log in with Facebook 
