Written on the Body
Jeanette Winterson
Literary Fiction / Romance
Written on the Body
by Jeanette Winterson
—· 190 p· 1992
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonreflectivehaunting
Overview
About
The most beguilingly seductive novel to date from the author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. Winterson chronicles the consuming affair between the narrator, who is given neither name nor gender, and the beloved, a complex and confused married woman.
Pages
190
LUMEN
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
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Reader feel
Prose10
Identity Ambiguity10
Emotional depth9
Narration9
Erotic Tension9
Pacing6
Plot twists5
Worldbuilding2
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