by Jeanette Winterson · Columna · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788486433956
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«La Passió» is the novel by Jeanette Winterson, published by Columna in paperback (191 pages, in Catalan).
Set in Napoleonic Venice, the novel interweaves the destinies of Villanelle, a young Venetian woman born with webbed feet, and Henri, a French cook in the service of Bonaparte's army. Through their stories, Winterson explores love, identity, religion, and the nature of reality with lyrical prose.
Originally published in 1988, it is part of the Clàssica collection (number 37).
Jeanette Winterson is an English 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 and sexual identity, and her later ones the relations between humans and technology. Her novels have been translated into almost 20 languages. She also broadcasts and teaches creative writing.
