Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson
Taste attributes: romancedramagay/lesbianfresh & originalheavyrealisticglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leads
Boxlist takeExpect a stirring, realistic romance novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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4.1 / 5
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About This Book
The most beguilingly seductive novel to date from the author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. Winterson chronicles the consuming affair between the narrator, who is given neither name nor gender, and the beloved, a complex and confused married woman.
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- Author
- Jeanette Winterson
- Published
- 1992
- Pages
- 190
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- Open Library
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