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Night Side of the River

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Publishing Details

Full Title:

Night Side of the River

Contributors:

By (Author) Jeanette Winterson

ISBN:

9781787334182

Publisher:

Vintage Publishing

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape Ltd

Publication Date:

3rd October 2023

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:

Fiction

Other Subjects:

Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction
Short stories

Dewey:

823.92

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

320

Dimensions:

Width 135mm, Height 216mm, Spine 23mm

Weight:

318g

Description

An eerie and fantastical collection of ghost stories for the festive season, from Sunday Times-bestselling author Jeanette Winterson You humans are so unpleasant that you can't even die in peace. Our lives are digital, exposed and always-on. We track our friends and family wherever they go. We have millennia of knowledge at our fingertips. We know everything about our world. But we know nothing about theirs. We have changed, but our ghosts have not. They've simply adapted and innovated, found new channels to reach us. They inhabit our apps and wander the metaverse just as they haunt our homes and our memories, always seeking new ways to connect. To live amongst us. To remind us. To tempt us. To take their revenge. These stories are not ours to tell. They are the stories of the dead - of those we've lost, loved, forgotten... and feared. Some are fiction. But some are all too real.

Reviews

Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language * Evening Standard *
Thought provoking and necessary * Guardian, praise for 12 BYTES *
[Winterson] is always passionate and provocative * New Statesman, praise for 12 BYTES *
[Frankissstein] is a modern take on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, it's a fascinating and engrossing look at AI, science, gender fluidity and, ultimately, what it really means to be human -- Nicola Sturgeon
Packed with charm and beautifully illustrated, it's a book that will solve your gift dilemmas and let you escape the less salubrious aspects of Christmas for a literary wonderland * Stylist, praise for CHRISTMAS DAYS *

Author Bio

Jeanette Winterson CBE is a British writer. After graduating from Oxford University, she published her first novel at 25. Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit is based on her own upbringing but using herself as a fictional character. She scripted the novel into a BAFTA-winning BBC drama. 27 years later she re-visited that material in her internationally bestselling memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal She has written thirteen novels for adults, two collections of short stories, as well as children's books, non-fiction and screenplays. She is Professor of New Writing at the University of Manchester.

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