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    To Catch the Lightning: A Novel of American Dreaming

    Alan Cheuse

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ISBN13: 9781862070424
ISBN10: 1862070423
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Possibly Winterson's most commercial novel to date, "Gut Symmetries" mixes sex and science in New York, Liverpool and on board the "QE2". "Winterson's sense of place and power of description have never been better - it is as though her previous works of fiction have been exercises working up to this achievement." "The Times". Her last novel was "Art And Lies".

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Set on board the "QE2", and in New York and Liverpool, this story welds together sex and science into a celebration of love in all its frailty, confusion and excess. Jeanette Winterson is the author of "Oranges Aren't the Only Fruit" and a collection of essays, "Art Objects".
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Anaya, September 1, 2006 (view all comments by Anaya)
Splendidly and cleverly crafted with a unique style of metaphorical prose, Winterson strings together two different languages of the opposite sides of a symmetry to make up the novel's prose: arts and sciences (physics). A truly luminiscent romance, the geometric love triangle story is told in various perspectives, each marked by a different tarot card that plays an important role in the chapters. This passionate novel is a delightful read regardless of its dishevelled sense of temporality and will lovingly touch the readers' minds in surprising ways.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781862070424
Author:
WINTERSON, JEANETTE
Publisher:
Libri
Location:
N
Copyright:
1998
Edition Description:
NEW ED
Publication Date:
19980112
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
193 x 130 in.
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