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Original Title:	Written on the Body
ISBN:	0679744479 (ISBN13: 9780679744474)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	London, England
Literary Awards:	Ferro-Grumley Award for Lesbian Fiction (1994), Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction (1994)

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Written on the Body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulation of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like braille. I like to keep my body rolled away from prying eyes, never unfold too much, tell the whole story. I didn't know that Louise would have reading hands. She has translated me into her own book.

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Title	:	Written on the Body
Author	:	Jeanette Winterson
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 192 pages
Published	:	February 1st 1994 by Vintage (first published 1992)
Categories	:	Fiction. LGBT. GLBT. Queer. Romance. Contemporary. Literature. Literary Fiction

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Jeanette Winterson impressed me last year when I read her magical tale of historical fiction, The Passion. Her poetic, interior style really resonated with me. Her work lays deep in the physical heart while also sparkling on an ethereal plane.This book knocked me out. Her sheer artistry had me in admiration. A bit slack-jawed, actually. For example, the main character is not only nameless (I've seen that before) but is an 'every-person': Winterson doesn't tell us if they are male or female.

This book contains one of my favorite passages of all time; here's a little excerpt:"When I say 'I will be true to you' I am drawing a quiet space beyond the reach of other desires. No-one can legislate love; it cannot be given orders or cajoled into service. Love belongs to itself, deaf to pleading and unmoved by violence. Love is not something you can negotiate. Love is the one thing stronger than desire and the only proper reason to resist temptation.... When I say 'I will be true to you' I

"Written on the Body" is an extremely thoughtful, poetic and emotionally authentic novel about the fictional narrator's love affairs with women. I am amazed I somewhat liked it. Not only is it a novel of intense and analyzed descriptions of emotional and physical love in romantic sexual relationships, woman after woman (I HATE the Romance genre generally, with few exceptions), but the book struck me at first that it might be written in a type of literary writing which I usually find unappealing.

It is hard to review Jeanette Winterson. Every single one of her short novels is a work of art, beautiful and painfully true while magically exploring the limits of reality.I read The Passion and thought I would not like it, because I don't do historical fiction. It was breath-taking, unbelievable, eye-opening. The recurring theme accompanies me ever since: "Somewhere between fear and sex, passion is."I read Sexing the Cherry and thought I could not possibly like it more, because The Passion

Gah -- I found this insufferably narcissistic and eye-rolling to read, devoid of any sympathetic characters save the zoo-lady Jacqueline, and incredibly unsatisfying in every way. The only reason I gave it two stars is because Winterson obviously has talent -- there were a few places where the imagery was striking enough to pierce my annoyance -- and clearly this is a matter of taste and preference. It's technically and emotionally proficient, but just doesn't resonate with me personally.

I was reading thru some of the reviews for this book. I'll just say that it's beautifully written. This book moved me. I cried with about twenty pages to go. My heart expanded and ached a little bit. I felt for the narrator (who we have to guess woman or man?) and for Louise. I love the narrator. This book is about love, relationships, loss, and is a bit hope filled at the end. The opening sentence: Why is the measure of love loss? and the book takes you from there. I finished it in a day. Not a