The Passion - (Winterson, Jeanette Winterson, Jeanette) by Jeanette Winterson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, "The Passion" intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, and Villanelle, the daughter of aVenetian boatmen, who has lost her heart to a married noblewoman and who wanders the Western world to retrieve it.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Jeanette Winterson's novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. <i>The Passion</i> is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, <i>The Passion</i> intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice's compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pair meet their singular destiny. <p/>In her unique and mesmerizing voice, Winterson blends reality with fantasy, dream, and imagination to weave a hypnotic tale with stunning effects.<br><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Its concentrated, beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tale; its plot incorporates their magic, their shrewd wit and brutality...a deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so." -<i>The New York Times</i> <p/>"Recalls Garcia Marquez...magical touches dance like highlights over the brilliance of this fairy tale about passion, gambling, madness, and androgynous ecstasy." -Edmund White <p/>"A historical novel quite different from any other...it is written with a living passion, an eyewitness immediacy....Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides." -<i>Vanity Fair</i> <p/>"The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk....As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down." -<i>The New York Review of Books</i> <p/>"The book has the enchanted pessimism of the best fairy tales. <i>The Passion</i> is a love story, a meditation on pleasure and its limits, a poetic novel written in a style that is wholly original." -<i>Interview</i><br>
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