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Sexing the Cherry (Winterson, Jeanette)
by: Jeanette Winterson

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780802135780
ISBN: 0802135781
Label: Grove Press
Manufacturer: Grove Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: August 10, 1998
Publisher: Grove Press
Sales Rank: 53761
Studio: Grove Press

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Product Description:
In a fantastic world that is not 17th-century England, a baby is found floating in the Thames. Rescued by the Dog Woman, a murderous gentle giant, the baby soon grows up to discover that the strangest wonders are the ones spun out of his own head. 'Fuses history, fairy tale, and metafiction into a fruit . . . of a memorably startling flavor'.--'New York Times Book Review'.

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

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- Had potential. Lots of it. But never got realized.
That's my one-line summary. But let me go at least a little beyond that for the sake of completeness. Big picture: there's really not really actually. This book felt like a disturbed sleep with a lot of dreams. Dreams are seldom coherent, jumping realms of space and time as they so wish. So does Winterson in this book. I recognize it's a conscious decision on her part, but I've never really been excited by a recounting of all the dreams of a night. Too weird, too tiresome. Plot: primarily the intertwined tales of a mother, son, and people who touch their lives in 17th century England, but also a minor parallel tale in modern London. Characters: interesting - no doubt about that. The Dog Woman, in particular, is fascinating. A woman who lives with scores of hounds, is large enough to need a twelve-blanket shawl, and heavy enough to throw an elephant on the other end of the scale into the sky could be nothing less. ... Read More

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- It had potential
Some of the characters that are created in "Sexing the Cherry" are unique, and I wasn't bothered by a lack of a clear line of thought out the book, but what did bother me was her ideals about men. It's authors like this that give feminists a bad name. From reading "Sexing the Cherry" I was left with the feeling I was reading book written by an emotionally immature adolescent, with some nice fantasy elements scattered throughout.

Rating:

- Just breathtaking
This is the first Winterson book I'd ever read, and I wasn't disappointed. The narration is ingenius, the imagery is so incredibly vivid ind the characters are immensely rich. It's diminutive length makes it a quick read, though you'll want to slow down and savor it.

This is such a masterfully written book that I really want to give it five stars, but I felt like the ending was inorganic. The rest of the book is so sly in blending its (distinct) feminist slant into the historical context that it doesn't feel preachy, but the end by comparison felt like a punch in the face.

I recommend this book wholeheartedly.

Rating:

- A truly fantastic read
This book is a wonderful mixture of fantasy, history, and philosophy. Winterson encorporates beautiful analogies in her poetic style of writing. This tall-tale of sorts is an enjoyable read and remains one of my favorite novels.

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