{"product_id":"oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit-jeanette-winterson-9781784879044","title":"Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit (Jeanette Winterson)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeanette Winterson's explosive first novel, a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'I love her.'\u003cbr\u003e'Then you do not love the Lord.'\u003cbr\u003e'Yes, I love both of them.'\u003cbr\u003e'You cannot.'\u003cbr\u003e'I do.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the story of Jeanette, born to be one of God's elect: adopted by a fanatical Pentecostal family and ablaze with her own zeal for the scriptures, she seems perfectly suited for the life of a missionary. But then she converts Melanie, and realises she loves this woman almost as much as she loves the Lord. How on Earth could her Church called that passion Unnatural?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBoth a groundbreaking coming-of-age novel and a pioneering work of autofiction, \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e goes beyond facts into the deepest truths. Searing and tender, playful and provocative, it is a portrait of the artist as a young evangelist, re-writing her own Bible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Witty... extraordinary and exhilarating' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming' \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A novel that deserves revisiting' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A wonderful rites-of-passage novel' Mariella Frostrup\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJeanette Winterson CBE\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eOranges Are Not the Only Fruit\u003c\/i\u003e, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eWhy Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?\u003c\/i\u003e. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 256 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65786585153885,"sku":"K097532805","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9753280500001A.jpg?v=1788352762","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/oranges-are-not-the-only-fruit-jeanette-winterson-9781784879044","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}