Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit

Name: Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9781529954470
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By Jeanette Winterson

Series: Vintage Quarterbound Classics

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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful A beautiful hardback edition of Jeanette Winterson's explosive first novel - a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic. 'I love her.' 'Then you do not love the Lord.' 'Yes, I love both of them.' 'You cannot.'... Read More

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VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful

A beautiful hardback edition of Jeanette Winterson's explosive first novel - a gripping coming-of-age story, a queer romance, a modern classic.

'I love her.'
'Then you do not love the Lord.'
'Yes, I love both of them.'
'You cannot.'
'I do.'

This is the story of Jeanette, born to be one of God's elect. Adopted by a fanatical Pentecostal family and ablaze with her own zeal for the scriptures, she seems perfectly suited for the life of a missionary. But then she converts Melanie and realises she loves this woman almost as much as she loves the Lord. How on Earth could her Church call that passion Unnatural?

Both a groundbreaking coming-of-age novel and a pioneering work of autofiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit goes beyond facts into the deepest truths. Searing and tender, playful and provocative, it is a portrait of the artist as a young evangelist, re-writing her own Bible.

'Witty... extraordinary and exhilarating' - The Times

'She is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent abides' - Vanity Fair

'Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language... In her hands, words are fluid, radiant, humming' - Evening Standard

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529954470

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 March 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 304g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

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.

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