Acclaim for Jeanette Winterson’s
THE WORLD AND OTHER PLACES
“The reader can return repeatedly, each time making a small discovery of another slightly disturbing, beautifully crafted world.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Winterson’s work reminds us, often startlingly, that the modes of possible fiction have not yet been used up.”
—The Boston Globe
“Once you dip your toes into the pool, there’s no resisting full immersion.”
—The News & Observer (Raleigh)
“This is Winterson at her best: vivid language, wild metaphors, randy eroticism, learned wit, and in-your-face attitude.”
—The Washington Post Book World
“This remarkable collection of short stories is filled with challenges for the reader, who always receives far more than he or she expects.”
—Richmond Times-Dispatch
“Wise, irreverent and deeply felt, these stories embrace the world of the senses and of the imagination in equal measure.”
—Star Tribune (Minneapolis)
“She constantly dazzles, expands and surprises as she probes the world and all the other realms of consciousness and reality.”
—Rocky Mountain News
“Winterson’s consistently brilliant prose … make[s] her worlds worthy of further investigation.”
—Harvard Book Review
“Winterson’s knack for extrapolating meaning from the mundane … balancing detail to avoid triviality and melodrama make her collection thought-provoking.”
—The Columbus Dispatch
“Winterson is superb.”
—The Star-Ledger (Newark)
“It is a work to be savored, to be read repeatedly, each reading revealing new depths, new complexities, and new insights.”
—The National and Financial Post
“The World and Other Places rips at the core of popular psychology and turns the daily assumptions of our time on their heads.”
—The Washington Blade
“Flawless in their composition, witty and learned.”
—The Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer