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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

by Jeanette Winterson
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

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ISBN13: 9780802135162
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Trusting that truth was better than fiction, I first picked up Winterson’s memoir, Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? It’s wonderful, but Winterson’s wry take on her Pentecostal childhood made me eager to reencounter the same themes and characters in novel form, where she could play outside the dictates of lived experience. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit didn’t disappoint. It’s rich and playful, blending autobiography with fairy tale to explore how a young girl’s sexual awakening disrupts her family and faith, and how she uses storytelling to build herself a world nuanced enough to contain her multitudes. Recommended By Rhianna W., Powells.com

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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.

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"An explosively imaginative writer." The London Free Press

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"She is a master of her material, a writer [of] great talent." Muriel Spark

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"Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language." Evening Standard

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"The most interesting writer I have read in twenty years." Gore Vidal

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"A striking, quirky, delicate, and intricate work . . . Winterson has mastered both comedy and tragedy in this rich little novel. . . . Winterson's great gift is evident." The Washington Post Book World

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Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.

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Born in Manchester, England, Jeanette Winterson is the author of seventeen books, including the national bestseller Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, and The Passion. She has won many prizes including the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and the Stonewall Award.

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librariphile , October 21, 2012 (view all comments by librariphile)
This is one of those books that made me marvel at the existence of that kindred spirit feeling, despite incredibly different beginnings. I can't sum up what I learned--except maybe in a diary--and probably could benefit from a re-read.

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Anaya , September 01, 2006 (view all comments by Anaya)
Winterson's semi-autobiographical and contemporary English novel will captivate and give readers a chance to peer into her bared soul. Though the novel is filled with sexual behavior and nature, it is never once vulgar in the puritanical sense, but beautiful and teaches the readers to celebrate life. The novel explores the heroine's struggles and clashes between life in her home and church and her own identity. Though the novel is partly fictional, Winterson argues that fictional characters give a foray into the reality of the situation in "real life". A literary gem that deserves a special place on the shelf with other Winterson novels.

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ISBN:
9780802135162
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
08/20/1997
Publisher:
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Series info:
Winterson, Jeanette
Pages:
192
Height:
.60IN
Width:
5.40IN
Thickness:
.50
Number of Units:
1
Copyright Year:
1985
Series Volume:
207
UPC Code:
2800802135164
Author:
Suniti Namjoshi
Author:
Jeanette Winterson
Subject:
England
Subject:
Lesbians
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Subject:
Teenage girls
Subject:
Literature-Coming of Age
Subject:
Gay and Lesbian-Lesbian Fiction

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