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The World and Other Places

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The World and Other Places is a collection of short stories by Jeanette Winterson O.B.E in the style of postmodernism.

Some of the contained short stories have been previously published in well known publications, such as The New Yorker. Winterson, like other postmodernists, plays with her words so they carry multiple layers and interpretation. She writes in short sentences and short fragments without obvious transitions. This collection questions the nature of narrative. The stories escape reality and often narrative conventions (one of the stories may be narrated by a dead character). Sexuality is often of particular importance with Winterson's stories, particularly "The Poetics of Sex" which concerns itself with a lesbian relationship from beginning to end, framed by the public awareness of lesbians. It was published in hardcover by Jonathan Cape in 1998 in the UK and by Alfred A. Knopf the following year in the US.

Short stories included

  • "The 24-Hour Dog"
  • "Atlantic Crossing"
  • "The Poetics of Sex"
  • "The Three Friends"
  • "Orion"
  • "Lives of Saints"
  • "O'Brien's First Christmas"
  • "The World and Other Places"
  • "Disappearance I"
  • "Disappearance II"
  • "The Green Man"
  • "Turn of the World"
  • "Newton"
  • "Holy Matrimony"
  • "A Green Square"
  • "Adventure of a Lifetime"
  • "Psalms"

Prior publication

Reception

Kirkus Reviews gave a positive review, writing "Though this first collection is brief, its author’s talent isn’t. Winterson’s appetite for social criticism mingles confidently with her lyrical instinct to give us savagely rhythmic portraits of people lost in lives they’d much rather not have to inhabit."{{cite web |title=THE WORLD AND OTHER PLACES {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jeanette-winterson/the-world-and-other-places/ |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=8 February 2024 |language=en |date=1 December 1998}} Reviewers for Library Journal called the stories "challenging and beautifully crafted".{{cite journal |last1=Rimpau |first1=Ina |last2=Bryant |first2=Eric |title=Winterson, Jeanette. The World and Other Places. |journal=Library Journal |date=1 January 1999 |volume=124 |issue=1}}

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Category:1998 short story collections

Category:British short story collections

Category:Novels by Jeanette Winterson

Category:Jonathan Cape books

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