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The Passion

by Jeanette Winterson

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Publisher Comments:

The Passion is a modern classic that confirms Jeanette Winterson's special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, The Passion intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice's compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pairi meet their singular destiny.

Review:

"A Historical novel quite different from any other...it is written with a living passion, an eyewitness immediacy....Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides." Vanity Fair
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780679724377
Author:
Winterson, Jeanette
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
French
Subject:
Man-woman relationships
Subject:
Historical fiction
Subject:
Soldiers
Subject:
Love stories
Subject:
Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815
Subject:
Soldiers -- France -- Fiction.
Copyright:
1987
Edition Description:
1st Vintage international ed.
Series Volume:
2420
Publication Date:
1989
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
160 p.
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