That horse had the evil eye and there’s been almost as many dead grooms in the stable as chickens on the table. The Passion is a love story, a meditation on pleasure and its limits, a poetic novel written in a style that is wholly original.” - Interview “The book has the enchanted pessimism of the best fairy tales. As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down.” - The New York Review of Books “The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk. Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides.” - Vanity Fair it is written with a living passion, an eyewitness immediacy. “A historical novel quite different from any other. magical touches dance like highlights over the brilliance of the fairy tale about passion, gambling, madness, and androgynous ecstasy.” -Edmund White a deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so.” - The New York Times “Its concentrated, beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tale its plot incorporates their magic, their shrewd wit and brutality.
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