The passion
by Jeanette Winterson
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Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, The Passion intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice’s compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pair meet their singular destiny.
In her unique and mesmerizing voice, Winterson blends reality with fantasy, dream, and imagination to weave a hypnotic tale with stunning effects.
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Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Italy, fiction, France, fiction, Fiction, French, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Social life and customs, Soldiers, Wives, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction., French -- Russia -- Fiction., Soldiers -- Fiction., Venice (Italy) -- Fiction., Russia -- Fiction., Fiction, romance, historical, Europe, history, English literature, Man-woman relationships, French fictionPlaces
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The passion
1988, Atlantic Monthly Press, Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
in English
- 1st ed.
0871131838 9780871131836
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"Originally published in Great Britain in 1987 by Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd."--Title page verso.
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"It was Napoleon who had such a passion for chicken that he kept his chefs working around the clock."
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