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Sexing the Cherry: A Novel
Sexing the Cherry A Novel
Author: Jeanette Winterson
In the reign of Charles II, Jordan and his mother, the Dog-Woman, live on the banks of the stinking Thames, where they take in sights ranging from the first pineapple in London to Royalist heads on pikes. As a young man, Jordan leaves to travel the world, seeking wonder and knowledge, and learns that every journey conceals another within it. ...  more » celebrates the power of the imagination as it playfully juggles with our perceptions of history and reality; love and sex; lies and truths; and the twelve dancing princesses who lived happily ever after, but not with their husbands.
ISBN-13: 9780871133502
ISBN-10: 0871133504
Publication Date: 4/1990
Pages: 167
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Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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