The passion
1989Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fictionMan-woman relationships, fictionFiction, romance, historical, generalItaly, fictionFrance, fiction
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It was Napoleon who had such a passion for chicken that he kept his chefs working around the clock.
About this book
Jeanette Winterson’s novels have established her as one of the most important young writers in world literature. The Passion is perhaps her most highly acclaimed work, a modern classic that confirms her special claim on the novel. Set during the tumultuous years of the Napoleonic Wars, The Passion intertwines the destinies of two remarkable people: Henri, a simple French soldier, who follows Napoleon from glory to Russian ruin; and Villanelle, the red-haired, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman, whose husband has gambled away her heart. In Venice’s compound of carnival, chance, and darkness, the pair meet their singular destiny. In her unique and mesmerizing voice, Winterson blends reality with fantasy, dream, and imagination to weave a hypnotic tale with stunning effects.
Themes & subjects
Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fictionMan-woman relationships, fictionFiction, romance, historical, generalItaly, fictionFrance, fictionFiction
First published 1989Setting
FranceItalyRussiaVeniceVenice (Italy)19th centuryNapoleonic War
About the author
Jeanette Winterson
1959
Jeanette Winterson is an British author. Her first book, *Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit,* was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her novels have been translated into almost 20 languages.
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