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The Powerbook
Jeanette Winterson
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Description for The Powerbook
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
'Winterson is a rangy pirate, a world-swashbuckler, a plunderer of stories, literatures and hearts' Ali Smith, Scotsman
'It's night. I'm sitting at my screen. There's an e-mail for me. I unwrap it. It says - Freedom, just for one night.'
Ali, or Alix, is an e-writer. They will write anything you like, but on one condition: that you are prepared to enter your story. 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.
... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099598299
SKU
V9780099598299
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-99
About Jeanette Winterson
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, ... Read more
Reviews for The Powerbook
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more