"Pulsates with such authenticity and imaginative generosity that I defy you not to engage with it". "There are passages here so concisely beautiful they give you goosebumps". The gap of time : the Winters tale retold by Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- author Publication date 2015 Topics Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. A modern retelling of Shakespeares 'The Winters Tale' moves from London after the 2008 financial crisis to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia. the Winters tale retold by Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- author. "Emotionally wrought and profoundly intelligent.A supremely clever, compelling and emotionally affecting novel that deserves multiple readings to appreciate its many layers". The gap of time : the Winters tale retold. Jeanette Winterson's cover version of The Winter's Tale vibrates with echoes of Shakespeare's original and tells a story of hearts broken and hearts healed, a story of revenge and forgiveness, a story that shows that whatever is lost shall be found. Seventeen years later, Perdita doesn't know a lot about who she is or where she's come from - but she's about to find out. Her father has been driven mad by jealousy, her mother to exile by grief. A baby girl is abandoned, banished from London to the storm-ravaged American city of New Bohemia.
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