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Art & Lies A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd

Winterson, Jeanette
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099598282
Publisert
2014-09-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
195 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Winterson, Jeanette

Biographical note

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.

Art & Lies A Piece for Three Voices and a Bawd

Winterson, Jeanette
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
Winterson, Jeanette
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780099598282
Publisert
2014-09-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Vintage
Vekt
195 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Forfatter
Winterson, Jeanette

Biographical note

Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. She published her first novel, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, at twenty-five. Over two decades later she revisited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?. Winterson has written thirteen novels for adults and two previous collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.

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