The Powerbook by Jeanette Winterson (English) Paperback Book

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

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Intense, erotic, incandescent in the power and beauty of its prose, The PowerBook is an astonishing achievement.The PowerBook is twenty-first century fiction that uses past, present and future as shifting dimensions of a multiple reality.The story is simple.An e-writer called Ali or Alix will write to order anything you like, provided that you are prepared to enter the story as yourself and take the risk of leaving it as someone else.You can be the hero of your own life. You can have freedom just for one night.But there is a price to pay.

Author Biography

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.

Review

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

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Intense, erotic, incandescent in the power and beauty of its prose, The PowerBook is an astonishing achievement.

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Winterson is a rangy pirate, a world-swashbuckler, a plunderer of stories, literatures and hearts

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Winterson is a rangy pirate, a world-swashbuckler, a plunderer of stories, literatures and hearts

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Intense, erotic, incandescent in the power and beauty of its prose, The PowerBook is an astonishing achievement.

Details ISBN0099598299 Author Jeanette Winterson Pages 256 Year 2014 ISBN-10 0099598299 ISBN-13 9780099598299 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.92 Media Book Publisher Vintage Publishing Imprint Vintage Language English UK Release Date 2014-09-04 Publication Date 2014-09-04 AU Release Date 2014-09-04 NZ Release Date 2014-09-04 Translator Polly McLean Birth 1969 Affiliation Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, NSS College of Engineering, Palakkad, India Position UN Under-Secretary General and Rector Qualifications QC Alternative 9781448180240 Audience General We've got this

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