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The Powerbook

Jeanette Winterson

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English
Vintage
04 September 2014
The best of Jeanette Winterson's remarkable, radical and genre-expanding novels, reissued in a bold new look ahead of the publication of her new book, 12 BYTES

'Winterson is a rangy pirate, a world-swashbuckler, a plunderer of stories, literatures and hearts' Ali Smith, Scotsman

'It's night. I'm sitting at my screen. There's an e-mail for me. I unwrap it. It says - Freedom, just for one night.'

Ali, or Alix, is an e-writer. They will write anything you like, but on one condition- that you are prepared to enter your story. Finally, you can be the hero of your own life.

But, there is a price to pay - the risk that you might leave the story as somebody else.

'Brilliant, evocative writing... Winterson never seems to put a foot wrong... It is funny, clever, entertaining and wholly delightful' Spectator
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 127mm,  Spine: 16mm
Weight:   205g
ISBN:   9780099598299
ISBN 10:   0099598299
Pages:   256
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. 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.

Reviews for The Powerbook

Brilliant, evocative writing... Winterson never seems to put a foot wrong... It is funny, clever, entertaining and wholly delightful * Spectator * Mischievous and intelligent, determined to provoke thoughts about love's reason, and its risk * The Times * Winterson writes with evangelical assurance, vaulting ambition, total control...witty, original, and good at what she does * Observer * Gorgeously written, shockingly moving...a wonderful, unforgettable read. Buy it for someone you really love -- Simon Schama * Mail on Sunday * Winterson is a rangy pirate, a world-swashbuckler, a plunderer of stories, literatures and hearts -- Ali Smith * Scotsman *


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