Jeanette Winterson

The passion

Huiying 

I can’t be a priest because although my heart is as loud as hers I can pretend no answering riot. I have shouted to God and the Virgin but they have not shouted back and I’m not interested in the still small voice. Surely a god can meet passion with passion? 

As the sun went down we plunged our five burning brands into the heart of the pyre. My mouth went dry as I heard the wood take and splinter until the first flame pushed its way out. I wished I were a holy man then with an angel to protect me so I could jump inside the fire and see my sins burned away. I go to confession but there’s no fervour there. Do it from the heart or not at all.

heleen de boever

It had its moments of imaginative brilliance, but overall, I'm not convinced.

La pasión

4.5 stars for Villanelle and the sheer beauty of how Winterston writes about love 

Nicole 

Katie Chua

oh jeanette winterson ... you are such a talent

Patty Pforte

If you are in love with books of fiction that reflect poetry and create a magical nature to history. This book revolves around two younger people, a naive young man who comes from a small town to fight in Napoleon's Army (his first love) and a woman who deals cards in Venice but falls for a another woman and drama ensues.

There are beautiful moments in the book and I have re-read it so many times because of its moments.

The Passion

Sarah Escorsa

I have to say I didn't enjoy this book at all. I didn't like Winterson's writing style and found the book so boring I struggled to finish it.

Eugenia Andino

It's not my favourite Winterson book, but I love the way it portraits different forms of passion, mostly love, but also passion for domination, control, or freedom.

Rocio Gomez

Perfecto en su decadencia y su magia. Una ambientación genial. Una lectura exquisita.

evan

lola

Sergi

'A fantasy, a vivid dream...inventive and brilliant' Guardian Henri has a passion for Napoleon - but Napoleon has a passion for chicken. As soldier and emperor butcher their way across Europe, glory falls to ruin and love turns to hate. But, when Henri encounters the red-haired, web-footed Villanelle, he discovers in her an equal. Together they abandon their pasts, and flee to the Venetian canals to meet their singular destiny in the city of chance and disguises. 'A deeply imagined and beautiful book, often arrestingly so.' New York Times

The passion

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