Sexing the Cherry

Author(s): Jeanette Winterson

Fiction

Set in the 17th century, this title tells the story of Jordan, an orphan found floating on the River Thames, and his keeper, The Dog Woman, a huge and monstrous creature with a powerful right hook and a wide vocabulary.


Product Information

'Entrancing... fabulous... Its language retains the clear music of poetry' Sunday Telegraph

Jeanette Winterson OBE is the author of ten novels, including Oranges are not the Only Fruit, The Passion and Sexing the Cherry; a book of short stories, The World and Other Places; a collection of essays, Art Objects as well as many other works, including children's books, screenplays and journalism. Her writing has won the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, the E. M. Forster Award and the Prix d'argent at Cannes Film Festival.

General Fields

  • : 9780099747208
  • : Penguin Random House
  • : Vintage
  • : 0.11
  • : 31 July 1990
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 9mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jeanette Winterson
  • : Paperback
  • : Reissu
  • : 823.914
  • : 144
  • : illustrations