The Passion (Paperback)
Description
Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, "The Passion" intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, and Villanelle, the daughter of aVenetian boatmen, who has lost her heart to a married noblewoman and who wanders the Western world to retrieve it.
Praise for The Passion…
“Its concentrated, beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tale; its plot incorporates their magic, their shrewd wit and brutality…a deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so.” –The New York Times
“Recalls Garcia Marquez…magical touches dance like highlights over the brilliance of this fairy tale about passion, gambling, madness, and androgynous ecstasy.” –Edmund White
“A historical novel quite different from any other…it is written with a living passion, an eyewitness immediacy….Winterson is a master of her material, a writer in whom great talent deeply abides.” –Vanity Fair
“The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk….As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down.” –The New York Review of Books
“The book has the enchanted pessimism of the best fairy tales. The Passion is a love story, a meditation on pleasure and its limits, a poetic novel written in a style that is wholly original.” –Interview
