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product_id: 18353882
title: "Written on the Body"
brand: "jeanette winterson"
price: "4887 kr"
currency: ISK
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reviews_count: 12
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# Written on the Body

**Brand:** jeanette winterson
**Price:** 4887 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Written on the Body by jeanette winterson
- **How much does it cost?** 4887 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Description

Written on the Body

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## Customer Reviews

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    Incredible story- Wonderful and telling and gripping
  

*by A***B on Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2016*

Incredible story- Wonderful and telling and gripping. SO many emotions flowing through the novel with such relate able characters.This review is my full and honest opinion after testing and examining all aspects of this product in my own home, for my own use.  My goal in reviewing products is to help others, like you, in their search for the best products on Amazon.  If I give the product a five star review, that means that I am extremely happy with the product. Five stars means that the product has gone beyond and above my expectations and I would have paid/will pay in the future the full price plus shipping for this product. I will definitely continue to purchase five star products for myself as well as recommend them to my friends and family. Four stars: If I give the product four stars, this means that I really like the product and I have found a good use for it. The product function as intended and serves it's purpose well. It is likely that I would purchase this product again in the future. Three stars: If I rate a product at three stars, that means that I am  satisfied with the product, but I do not believe it is the best in its product area, therefore I would definitely search for other products within that area the next time I purchase. Two Stars: If I give the product two stars, that means that i am not impressed. I would not purchase the product again. There maybe elements of the product that are not exactly defective, but are not desirable. One Star:  If I give  the product one star, I am unsatisfied with the product/does not work/it is defective. I would definitely not purchase this product again.

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    "Why is the measure of love loss?"
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2014*

In Written on the Body  Jeanette Winterson takes on some fundamental questions:  What is love? What is marriage? What do fidelity and responsibility really mean? It is often in examining the extremes that we can find answers. The narrator lives in the extreme - profound restless, intense eagerness, unequivocal passion, turbulent relationships.  What can a soul want more than passion - the intense consuming passion that elevates love and life to the umpteenth degree? Passion is the fire of life. Whereas many of us might long for that level of passion and intensity, Winterson not only describes it, but also takes up the question of its sustainability.  How can it be sustainable? Can it? Then there are other questions: What does it really mean to truly love another? Should one let the loved one go if it saves their life? If so, can one decide for another? If so, what is life without love? In her brilliant narration, astute observations, sensual descriptions and philosophical musings, Written on the Body celebrates the sensual body and feeds the philosophical mind.  Whether it provides answers or not, that is a more complicated question. After all, as Susan Sontag said, "The only interesting answers are those that destroy the questions."

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    One of Her Best
  

*by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2014*

Early on the Winterson timeline.  A master of language and the written word; rending story,  gracefully told and with a good sense of humour. I recommend to anyone who still searches for the literature section. It is well known, one of the tricky feats of this story is that Winterson never reveals the sex of the narrator, which is a hard thing to do without the prose ever feeling strained and without me, the reader, ever caring. I've read it both ways. Perhaps she has demonstrated that (even romantic) love transcends sex.  A heady thought.It you like heady thoughts and well-written stories, this is, in my opinion, one of her best.I bought two copies. One, years ago, when it was first published. It's well read, dog eared, filled with notes and page markers.  One I keep pristine so I can always read it anew. I get something different from it each time. Each time it shakes me, deeply. Sometimes I get a good laugh, sometimes I open a deep bleeding gash.

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