false 15050 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg 15050 17 922184 1989 Sexing the Cherry total:2876|5:731|4:1087|3:791|2:213|1:54| 2876 10856 3928 189 9399 3.86 24115 2250 3514799 220136 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2647 5 4 false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jul 25 11:57:47 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 25 12:06:37 -0700 2007 The story itself is entertaining eno...more...]]> 38090120 1276013 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2876 4 3 true Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 17:37:39 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 17:42:17 -0800 2008 1 At the level of plot, we read about a gigantic woman who finds a small boy, Jordan, on the banks of the Thames in London in the 17th century. She raises this boy and watches him grow to develop a passion for boats, sailing, and exploring, knowing that she will lose him to ...more...]]> 10545780 690926 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2876 5 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 17 04:17:07 -0800 2007 Wed Feb 20 04:22:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 754026 61568 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2876 5 1 false Wed May 27 14:37:36 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 16 21:00:40 -0700 2007 Wed May 27 14:37:36 -0700 2009 Written on the Body, but I think I may like this one much more. Winterson's prose is tight but somehow perfectly expressive. The concepts in the novel are mind-blowing and I have a hard time articulating exactly what it is that she's trying to say, but I'm OK with that. 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Odd, odd book. Abandons any pretence of realism or a chronological story. Full of clumsy metaphors and pseudo-philosophical sophisms. Nonetheless, they hit their mark a surprisingly large amount of the time.

The flights of fancy remind me of my favour...more...]]> 69807003 1385051 1128066 0099503948 9780099503941 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1195928697m/1128066.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1128066.Sexing_the_Cherry 4.22 9 Sexing The Cherry 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.]]> 5 0 false Wed Sep 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 02 09:17:52 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 22:31:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 57882244 1110606 642147 0679733167 9780679733164 20 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176659853m/642147.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/642147.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.86 111 ]]> 3 0 false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat May 30 15:06:21 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 18:20:30 -0800 2009
This little gem is really odd. I furiously took notes at times, tempered by just reading something touching and profound.

This novel has been difficult for me t...more...]]> 63859274 781783 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2876 5 0 false Tue Jul 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 09:20:52 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 31 08:58:23 -0700 2009 But I remember now why I love her. Her style is so simple on its face, but at the same time it's...more...]]> 44722162 1864588 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2876 4 0 false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 21:16:36 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 21:21:45 -0800 2009
Em, you should read it. Men are getting their dicks bitten off. The two narrating characters are wonderful. The book seems a bit surreal, but in a good...more...]]> 48494703 1295392 15050 0802135781 9780802135780 154 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649522m/15050.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15050.Sexing_the_Cherry 3.77 2876 5 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 06:05:59 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 06:08:45 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=15050