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Immersive and thought-provoking
Lake Geneva, 1816: Mary Shelley dreams of a scientist who creates a non-biological life form. When challenged by Lord Byron to write a gothic tale, she sta... READ MORE
Winterson brings a new relevance to Frankenstein's Monster
As Victor Frankenstein stitched together limbs in his gothic laboratory, so Jeanette Winterson weaves past and present meditations of man-made consciousnes... READ MORE
A timely reimagining of a classic
This book contains at least two linked tales and the first is one we are, in part. familiar with: that of Mary Shelley, trapped in a villa by appalling wea... READ MORE
I understood very little but enjoyed it immensely.
Winterson is her most playful yet in this absolute bombshell of a novel. Excellent characters, a gripping narrative, and the most bewildering conclusion ev... READ MORE
Cleverly done
A fabulous parallel timeline homage to the original Frankenstein novel, I loved the similarities between the then and now, especially the relationship betw... READ MORE
Publisher information
- Publisher: Black Cat
- ISBN: 9780802149398
- Languages: English
Customer Reviews
View allFrankenstein for a Post-Human World
As soon as I heard about this book I knew I would love it, and I can now safely say that that was an understatement.
This novel is split into two storylin... READ MORE
Fizzing with ideas
Jeanette Winterson delights with ideas, laughter and a beautifully crafted novel. This book fizzes with intelligence, wit and the skill of a quite phenome... READ MORE
Very different
The story begins in Lake Geneva 1816 where Mary Shelley, then just eighteen-years-old is holidaying with her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley and their friends... READ MORE
Amazing!!
I absolutely loved this book and couldn’t put it down. It was really funny at times and also tugged at my heartstrings at the end. All in all an amazing bo... READ MORE
A Perfect Book: Makes You Think & Makes You Laugh
I put off reading this novel for some time because I thought it was a serious treatise on feminism and sexual idenity, but in actual fact, by delaying I wa... READ MORE