Night Side of the River

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A masterful and modern collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson A masterful and modern collection of ghost stories from Sunday Times bestselling author Jeanette Winterson 'The best living writer in this language' Evening Standard 'Always passionate and provocative' New Statesman 'A master of her material' Vanity Fair 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 may not be.

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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.