Sexing the Cherry

Author  Jeanette Winterson
Sexing the Cherry

In the reign of Charles II, Jordan and his mother, the Dog-Woman, live on the banks of the stinking Thames, where they take in sights ranging from the first pineapple in London to Royalist heads on pikes. As a young man, Jordan leaves to travel the world, seeking wonder and knowledge, and learns that every journey conceals another within it. 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.

$21.00
October 24, 2000
Select a Retailer:
Heavenly Bodies

Heavenly Bodies

Imani Erriu
A Sweet Sting of Salt

A Sweet Sting of Salt

Rose Sutherland
Cold

Cold

Drew Hayden Taylor
The Centaur's Wife

The Centaur's Wife

Amanda Leduc
Bunny

Bunny

Mona Awad
Gun Island

Gun Island

Amitav Ghosh
Gingerbread

Gingerbread

Helen Oyeyemi
House of Names

House of Names

Colm Tóibín
White as Milk, Red as Blood

White as Milk, Red as Blood

Franz Xaver von Schoenwerth Willow Dawson, illustrator, and Shelley Tanaka, translator
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours The Once & Future King Boy, Snow, Bird

Boy, Snow, Bird

Helen Oyeyemi
Grimm's Fairy Tales

Grimm's Fairy Tales

The Brothers Grimm
The Hungry Ghosts

The Hungry Ghosts

Shyam Selvadurai
Hamlet's Twin

Hamlet's Twin

Hubert Aquin