The Gap of Time
Author | : Jeanette Winterson |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016-06-21 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780804141376 |
ISBN-13 | : 0804141371 |
Rating | : 4/5 (371 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Gap of Time written by Jeanette Winterson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s “late plays.” It tells the story of a king whose jealousy results in the banishment of his baby daughter and the death of his beautiful wife. His daughter is found and brought up by a shepherd on the Bohemian coast, but through a series of extraordinary events, father and daughter, and eventually mother too, are reunited. In The Gap of Time, Jeanette Winterson’s cover version of The Winter’s Tale, we move from London, a city reeling after the 2008 financial crisis, to a storm-ravaged American city called New Bohemia. Her story is one of childhood friendship, money, status, technology and the elliptical nature of time. Written with energy and wit, this is a story of the consuming power of jealousy on the one hand, and redemption and the enduring love of a lost child on the other.