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Kevin Mannens

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Dec 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/23/99
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i read a book in college about a guy who was servant of napoleon and has to
serve him chicken all the time. His trip takes him to Venice, where he falls
deperatly in love with this Venecian Mermaid....
It is contemporary book written by a woman - the style is magic realism....
can anyone help identify?

thanks in advance

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Paul Ilechko

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Dec 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/23/99
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:07:31 -0800, "Kevin Mannens"
<kman...@aw.sgi.com> wrote:

>i read a book in college about a guy who was servant of napoleon and has to
>serve him chicken all the time. His trip takes him to Venice, where he falls
>deperatly in love with this Venecian Mermaid....
>It is contemporary book written by a woman - the style is magic realism....
>can anyone help identify?

Jeanette Winterson - The Passion

Larisa Migachyov

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Dec 25, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/25/99
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Is it really magic realist, and is it worth reading? I didn't like
"Oranges are not the Only Fruit", but haven't read any other Winterson.

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Paul Ilechko

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Dec 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/27/99
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On 25 Dec 1999 02:47:43 GMT, Larisa Migachyov <l...@Stanford.EDU>
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>Is it really magic realist, and is it worth reading? I didn't like
>"Oranges are not the Only Fruit", but haven't read any other Winterson.

I only liked "Oranges", so you might like her other stuff.

Otzchiim

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Dec 30, 1999, 3:00:00 AM12/30/99
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Larisa Migachyov asks:

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>Is it really magic realist, and is it worth reading?
Well, we are told that it involves a mermaid, so it is clearly fantasy,
which is sometimes called magical realism by people who don't read much.
Mark Owings


Gary

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Jan 7, 2000, 3:00:00 AM1/7/00
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In article <841b8f$lh9$2...@nntp.Stanford.EDU>,

Larisa Migachyov <l...@Stanford.EDU> wrote:
> Paul Ilechko wrote:
> > On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:07:31 -0800, "Kevin Mannens"
> > <kman...@aw.sgi.com> wrote:
>
> > >i read a book in college about a guy who was servant of napoleon
and has to
> > >serve him chicken all the time. His trip takes him to Venice, where
he falls
> > >deperatly in love with this Venecian Mermaid....
> > >It is contemporary book written by a woman - the style is magic
realism....
> > >can anyone help identify?
>
> > Jeanette Winterson - The Passion
>
> Is it really magic realist, and is it worth reading? I didn't like
> "Oranges are not the Only Fruit", but haven't read any other
Winterson.
>
> --
> Larisa Migachyov

I think her writing, while I like it overall, does tend to be uneven in
places. And every book seems to be different. Try "Written On The Body",
in which the protagonist/narrator is having an affair with a woman who's
dying of cancer. The stick here is that nowhere can you (the reader)
ascertain the gender of the narrator: no name is given, not even one
that could be used by either sex (i.e., Leslie, etc.); nor are clothing
styles necessarily a clue. Makes you stop and wonder about things,
methinks . . . give it a try, wot . . . ? ?

Gary

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