Jeanette Winterson: Frankissstein
Frankissstein
Buch
- A Love Story
- Random House UK Ltd, 01/2020
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781784709952
- Bestellnummer: 9456827
- Umfang: 340 Seiten
- Gewicht: 248 g
- Maße: 198 x 129 mm
- Stärke: 21 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 16.1.2020
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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Klappentext
Jeanette Winterson CBE was born in Manchester. Adopted by Pentecostal parents she was raised to be a missionary. This did and didn t work out.Discovering early the power of books she left home at 16 to live in a Mini and get on with her education. After graduating from Oxford University she worked for a while in the theatre and published her first novel at 25. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is based on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character. She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years later she re-visited that material in the bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? She has written 10 novels for adults, as well as children s books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester. She lives in the Cotswolds in a wood and in Spitalfields, London.
She believes that art is for everyone and it is her mission to prove it.