The Passion (häftad)
Fler böcker inom
Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
176
Utgivningsdatum
2014-09-04
Förlag
Vintage
Dimensioner
197 x 128 x 10 mm
Vikt
133 g
Komponenter
,
ISBN
9780099598329

Du kanske gillar

The Passion (häftad)

The Passion

av Jeanette Winterson
Häftad Engelska, 2014-09-04
96
Köp
Spara som favorit
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar.
Fri frakt inom Sverige över 159 kr för privatpersoner.
Finns även som
Visa alla 1 format & utgåvor
'What you risk reveals what you value...' The Passion is a fairy tale about survival and broken-heartedness, cruelty, obsession and madness. Henri had a passion for Napoleon and Napoleon had a passion for chicken. From Boulogne to Moscow Henri butchered for his Emperor and never killed a single man. Meanwhile, in Venice, the city of chance and disguises, Villanelle was born with the webbed feet of her boatman father - but in the casinos she gambled her heart and lost. As the soldier-chef's love for Napoleon turns to hate he finds the Venetian beauty, and together they flee to the canals of darkness. 'It's a fantasy, a vivid dream... inventive and brilliant' Guardian 'As moving and funny as it is skilful, and reflects the author's formidable appetite for life' Sunday Times 'A book of great imaginative audacity and assurance...brilliantly physical (and funny) detail" Times Literary Supplement 'Its concentrated, beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tales; its plot incorporates their magic, their shrewd wit and brutality...a deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so' New York Times **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**
Visa hela texten

Passar bra ihop

  1. The Passion
  2. +
  3. Frankissstein

De som köpt den här boken har ofta också köpt Frankissstein av Jeanette Winterson (inbunden).

Köp båda 2 för 262 kr

Kundrecensioner

Har du läst boken? Sätt ditt betyg »

Fler böcker av Jeanette Winterson

Visa alla böcker av Jeanette Winterson »

Recensioner i media

Lyrical prose penetrates to the heart of things... She knows how to speak plain truth and at the same time satisfy our longing for the fabulous. She's telling you stories. Trust her * Washington Post * Its concentrated, beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tales; its plot incorporates their magic, their shrewd wit and brutality...a deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so * New York Times * A book of great imaginative audacity and assurance...brilliantly physical (and funny) detail * Times Literary Supplement * As moving and funny as it is skilful, and reflects the author's formidable appetite for life * Sunday Times * It's a fantasy, a vivid dream... inventive and brilliant * Guardian *

Övrig information

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.