The World and Other Places'A greatly gifted and original writer... There is an exhilarating freshness and energy to this collection... "Turn of the World" imagines four islands named fo, and composed of, the four elements, earth, air, fire and water... she simply describes her imaginary islands, and in the process conveys with precision her love for the natural world, her fascination with the legends of the past and her belief in the power of language and storytelling' Anne Chisholm, Observer In this, her first collection of short stories, Winterson reveals all the facets of her extraordinary imagination. In prose that is full of imagery and word-play, she creates physical and psychological worlds that are at once familiar and yet shockingly strange. |