I'm reading Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson at the moment. I have to recommend it to the world. She has such a wonderful turn of phrase. She makes me want to re-read, read aloud, read to my family and friends, highlight every sentence. I even put one as my Facebook status. If you love words then you will more than love Written on the Body. The first person genderless narrator takes you through his or her love life. It is comical and often heartbreaking. Winterson's character occasionally addresses the reader as "you." This makes you feel like you are being voyeuristic and who doesn't love that? It's personal, full of feeling and truly a work of art. I can guarantee everyone who reads this novel will understand a portion of this persons pain which love has caused. Even if you haven't reached for the gin, moved to Yorkshire and re-homed a dishevelled cat I'm sure there is something in it you can relate to.
One of the sentences I can't get out of my head is "You want love to be like this everyday don't you? 92 degrees in the shade." (Winterson, 12). Has she not hit the nail on the head. Isn't that what we all want?
Leave a comment and let me know how you found the novel, did you read the narrator as genderless?
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