Jeanette Winterson Libros

¿Por qué ser feliz cuando puedes ser normal?, preguntó la señora Winterson a su hija Jeanette cuando ella, recién cumplidos los dieciséis años, le confesó haberse enamorado de otra chica. Extraña pregunta, pero poco más podía esperarse de una mujer que había adoptado a una niña para hacer de ella una aliada en su misión religiosa, y en cambio se las tuvo que ver con un ser extraño que pedía a gritos su porción de felicidad. Armada con dos juegos de dentadura postiza y una pistola escondida bajo los trapos de cocina, la señora Winterson hizo lo que pudo para disciplinar a Jeanette: en casa los libros estaban prohibidos, las amistades eran mal vistas, los besos y abrazos eran gestos extravagantes, y cualquier falta se castigaba con noches enteras al raso, pero de nada sirvió. Esa chica pelirroja que parecía hija del mismo diablo se rebeló, buscando el placer en la piel de otras mujeres y encontrando en la biblioteca del barrio novelas y poemas que la ayudaran a crecer. Eso y mucho más es lo que ofrecen estas páginas excepcionales, donde alegría y rabia andan de la mano: un libro de memorias destinado a convertirse en un clásico de la literatura contemporánea.

A powerful retelling of the traditional Nativity Story. In this beautifully evocative retelling of the story of the very first Christmas, the humble donkey is chosen above all the other animals to carry Mary to Bethlehem. As his journey unfolds, he is touched by the magic and mystery of the Nativity ... With sparkles of originality, humour and warmth, the Christmas story is born.

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. With A De-Frocked Priest And A Midget Groom, Henri Witnessed The Scourge Of Europe. In Venice, The City Of Chance And Disguises, A Great Beauty Was Born With The Webbed Feet Of Her Boatman Father. In The Casino, Villanelle Learned That What People Risk Reveals What They Value - She Gambled Her Heart And Lost. For Eight Years The Soldier-Chef Watched Young Men Die And His Love For Napoleon Turned To Hate. Passion Does Not Take Disappointment Well. He Found The Venetian Beauty Whose Heart Was Lost And Together They Fled Frozen Russia To The Canals Of Darkness And Paradox.

Written on the Body is a love story; the narrator a vulnerable and subversive Lothario, gender undeclared. Generous in scope, sumptuous in detail, Jeanette Winterson has fused mathematical exactness and poetic intensity and made language new

These interlocking essays uncover art as an active force in the world - neither elitist or remote, present to those who want it, affecting even those who don't. Winterson's own passionate vision of art is presented here, provocatively and personally, in pieces on Modernism, autobiography, style, painting, the future of fiction, in two essays on Virginia Woolf, and more intimately in pieces where she describes her relationship to her work and the books that she loves.

The incredible variety of Acker's body of work has been distilled into a single volume that reads like a communique from the front lines of late-20th century America. Acker was a literary pirate whose prodigious output drew promiscuously from popular culture, the classics of Western civilization, current events, and the raw material of her own life.

"If you crave the mystery, the family rituals, and the special victuals of Christmastime, you'll savor . . . bold, revelatory feminist writer Jeanette Winterson's Christmas Days." --Elle

In her eye-opening book, Jeanette Winterson explores how artificial intelligence is transforming our lives and relationships. Drawing from diverse fields like history and literature, she delves into intriguing topics such as brain backups and human-non-human connections, blending wit and compassion throughout. A refreshing take on technology's impact.

From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes this magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthouse keeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling.