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The PowerBook

“Piercingly beautiful. … Winterson is essentially a romantic, a kind of modern-day Shelley bashing her head against the mundane conventions and daily requirements of living. ”

—The Seattle Times

“A romantic tango of possession and identity that hints of Graham Greene and Henry James. ”

—The Hartford Courant

“Winterson [has a] gift for lush economy, for the line that stops the reader dead with recognition. … This novel is one that can be read over and over, the way one might read a meditation, a daily prayer or a love letter. … Winterson is a rare writer of inimitable and singular talent. And The PowerBook is her finest achievement. ”

—The News & Observer

“The PowerBook is an inveigling tale of possession, power, barter, vulnerability, back-arching lust, anticipation, trust and surrender. ”

—Financial Times

“[Winterson] has a knack for compressing stories down to their liquid essence. ”

—The Boston Globe

“Light, even uplifting prose. … Reading it is like being on a strange holiday, with Winterson as a guide who strings together history, religion and fables. ”

—San Antonio Express-News

“[Winterson] has an uncanny ability to reach into the depths of a smitten soul and pull out every last bloody and tearstained secret. … Her written words still stir passions few writers even recognize. ”

—LA Weekly

“Prose that is as lush as it is luminous, as sublime as it is utterly human. ”

—The Star-Ledger (Newark)

“Winterson is a delightful writer whose commitment to her own true voice illuminates all her books. … In terms of originality of design, [she] may be one of the bravest writers working in fiction today. ”

—The Oregonian