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Ive read a few books by jeanette winterson, all of them quite good. The daylight gate by jeanette winterson waterstones. She has received the whitbread award, the john llewellyn rhys prize, and the e. Twelve men and women from pendle hill in lancashire were accused and imprisoned in lancaster castle, where one died. I was commissioned by hammer to write a novella about what happened. Some of her other novels have explored gender polarities and sexual identity, with later novels also exploring the relationship between humans and technology. The daylight gate, by jeanette winterson the independent.
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What ive enjoyed about her writing is her abstract and fluid style. The daylight gate available for download and read online in other formats. Jeanette winterson obe is the author of ten novels, including oranges are not the only fruit, the passion and sexing the cherry. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Hammer is making a movie of my novella about witchcraft in 17c england the daylight gate. I was reminded of this bizarre assertion as i read jeannette wintersons the daylight gate, published by hammer, the book imprint of the. On good friday, 1612, deep in the woods of pendle hill, a gathering of thirteen is interrupted by the local magistrate. The daylight gate, an instant bestseller in the uk, is awardwinning jeanette winterson s singular vision of a dark period of complicated morality. Winterson s novella is set in 1612, during the feverishly paranoid reign of james i. Jeanette winterson cbe born 27 august 1959 is an english writer, who became famous with her first book, oranges are not the only fruit, a semiautobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against conventional values.
Louise tondeur, sarah waters, kathleen winter and jeanette winterson. Mixing historical detail and dark horror, winterson brilliantly brews a spellbinding take on the 1612 english witch trials. Find a library or download libby an app by overdrive. Adopted by pentecostal parents she was raised to be a missionary. Download or read the daylight gate 2012 in pdf, epub formats. Set in seventeenthcentury england during the reign of james i the monarch who wrote his own book on witchcraft the daylight gate is bestselling writer jeanette winterson s recreation of a dark history full of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power. Forster award, is the author of some of the most purely imaginative and pleasurable novels of recent times, from oranges are not the only fruit to her first book for children, tanglewreck. Set in seventeenthcentury england during the reign of james ithe monarch who wrote his own book on witchcraftthe daylight gate is bestselling writer jeanette winterson s recreation of a dark history full of complicated morality, sex, and tragic plays for power. The daylight gate is an enthralling story unfussily told, i read it all in one sitting, only wishing there were more. A gripping and grisly gothic tale of alice nutter and the 17th century pendle witch hunt by the whitbread awardwinnin. The daylight gate became a best seller and hammer decided to go to film. Page about the daylight gate by jeanette winterson. An instant bestseller in the uk, the daylight gate is jeanette wintersons. Our journalism is free and open for all, but its made possible thanks to the support we.
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