Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God’s elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the pecu...
Winner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God’s elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.
Jeanette Winterson's semi-autobiographical novel is one of the most beautifully written story of a middle-class girl struggling to come to terms with her own sexuality, creativity, passion vs. her family/society's inflexible "formed opinions". The story of the persecution of a girl because of her sexual preference (in this case, lesbianism) is not new. It's how Ms. Winterson presents her story. Fresh. Alive. Witty. Funny. Heartbreaking at times. Imaginative. Almost like you were holding a piece of someone's soul in your hands rather than merely a book. I noticed that one reviewer mentioned that the book's sexual nature is vulgar. I do not find this so. Even if it is, so what? Life is vulgar. Only those fond of sweeping the dirt under the carpet so that it stays out of sight (or those who drive lesbian girls from their house/church and pretend they don't exist) will disagree with the innate vulgarity of all life. This book is the antidote for that kind of sanitized thinking. This book exposes that sanitized Christian middle-class thinking is weird, almost alien when observed sanely by a third party standing on the outside. This book celebrates life. Read it.
Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester and read English at Oxford, during which time she wrote her first novel, the Whitbread award winning Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Tanglewreck, Jeanette's first novel for children, was published to great critical acclaim in 2006. In the same year she was awarded an OBE for services to literature.
很久之前就想看，终于一口气看完了。信仰基督教家庭的孩子不仅面临社会压力，家庭压力，还有宗教压力。其实在思考最后温尼森故事的意义，是我也像她一样离开了吗？《美女与野兽》也是谎言童话。“TIME IS A great deadener. People forget, get bored, grow old, go away.”故事性不是很强，没有很震撼，但是看见了一个女性挣脱的过程。母亲一直在，但父亲...很久之前就想看，终于一口气看完了。信仰基督教家庭的孩子不仅面临社会压力，家庭压力，还有宗教压力。其实在思考最后温尼森故事的意义，是我也像她一样离开了吗？《美女与野兽》也是谎言童话。“TIME IS A great deadener. People forget, get bored, grow old, go away.”故事性不是很强，没有很震撼，但是看见了一个女性挣脱的过程。母亲一直在，但父亲一直隐身，几乎看不见。(展开)
# Oranges are not the Only Fruit. 1. what you think is the heart might well be another organ. 你以为在心里的说不定在别的器官里。 你以为是心的，也许只是另外一个器官而已。 2. Naturally, I am flattered. “不用说，那是在恭维我。” 很自然地，我觉得受宠若惊。 3. ...
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珍妮特·温特森 作者
drunkdoggy
新星出版社2010版
氧气
北京联合出版公司2018版
此刻有冰
北京联合出版公司2018版
恶鸟
新星出版社2010版
momo
新星出版社2010版
谷立立
新星出版社2010版
0 有用 Zita 2011-01-23 14:10:07
语言极见作者功底。
3 有用 pinkelephant 2014-07-20 22:48:15
poetic novel
1 有用 昏金暗玉 2018-03-16 13:44:11
时隔四分一世纪，我倒是惊讶回声不如想象般回荡悠远，更像镜面投影。JW语言自带一股新鲜的横冲直撞的势头，25岁，生命里最热烈最值得反复咀嚼的、如幽灵般呢喃终生的元素已悉数到齐。又因为年轻好多说话要化用不同意象寓言去表达，忍不住叠加密码做点缀做辅佐。万花筒花招百出，是早慧的领悟，也是留待其后时光反复细味不断重写的自我繁殖的种子。从五十岁的自传往回看，这本想视为meta-fiction的处女作里相似的设... 时隔四分一世纪，我倒是惊讶回声不如想象般回荡悠远，更像镜面投影。JW语言自带一股新鲜的横冲直撞的势头，25岁，生命里最热烈最值得反复咀嚼的、如幽灵般呢喃终生的元素已悉数到齐。又因为年轻好多说话要化用不同意象寓言去表达，忍不住叠加密码做点缀做辅佐。万花筒花招百出，是早慧的领悟，也是留待其后时光反复细味不断重写的自我繁殖的种子。从五十岁的自传往回看，这本想视为meta-fiction的处女作里相似的设置表达真不少，明显如粉饰过但照旧可认出的糖果店couple甚至是描述她们化学反应的句子，细微如多年后回家过圣诞节数过的路灯，这是固定的专属JW的meta-element，进行文学变法也无法改变元素的鲜活真实，W太太不可能用看小说的心情去看待这本创作。JW想用此书得到W认可一开始就是不可能的事。 (展开)
12 有用 Demi 2013-03-10 12:01:14
Winterson的东西读多了，看人都懒得管性别了。
1 有用 Hvalreki 2015-07-23 22:45:05
作為lesbian writing的啟蒙 滿懷興趣讀到覺得很悶
0 有用 小豆丁 2024-12-05 13:35:46 上海
因为章节名取自摩西五经而想读本书 试着去理解信仰在一个人生活中的体现 我想作者也试图在搞清楚自己是什么人从何而来又为何会有这些想法 读这本书就好像自己随着winnet一起长大 和这个世界的碰撞是不可避免的 不怕误入歧途就怕无法认清自己
0 有用 贝雅特丽齐 2024-09-17 21:06:21 广东
很久之前就想看，终于一口气看完了。信仰基督教家庭的孩子不仅面临社会压力，家庭压力，还有宗教压力。其实在思考最后温尼森故事的意义，是我也像她一样离开了吗？《美女与野兽》也是谎言童话。“TIME IS A great deadener. People forget, get bored, grow old, go away.”故事性不是很强，没有很震撼，但是看见了一个女性挣脱的过程。母亲一直在，但父亲... 很久之前就想看，终于一口气看完了。信仰基督教家庭的孩子不仅面临社会压力，家庭压力，还有宗教压力。其实在思考最后温尼森故事的意义，是我也像她一样离开了吗？《美女与野兽》也是谎言童话。“TIME IS A great deadener. People forget, get bored, grow old, go away.”故事性不是很强，没有很震撼，但是看见了一个女性挣脱的过程。母亲一直在，但父亲一直隐身，几乎看不见。 (展开)
0 有用 子不语 2024-08-20 23:49:31 中国香港
看过毛姆之后，看这个作品难免觉得文笔粗糙内里平平。当初这部作品大为宣传，大概也是因为踩了一些政治正确的东风。
0 有用 丘阝 2024-08-01 11:19:33 天津
很多年前买了中文版没有读下去，最近找了原版却又很快很顺的读完了，是因为语境吗……
0 有用 黄烂小香蕉 2024-04-23 15:15:04 浙江
把融合宗教信仰与性取向选择的成长史写得毫无可读性 … … （真的不好看