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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
I’ve never read a book so chaotic, dull, whimsical and allegorical all at the same time. The narrative style is more like a stream of consciousness, peppered with some random Arthurian fairy tale.
Centered around a gay main character and her Bible-thumping mother, it has plenty of metaphors and is the kind of book you’d savour slowly – what is being said is just as important as what isn’t being said. The plot/characters are secondary to the theme. But the main character is so peculiar and unrelatable – and given that this is somewhat autobiographical in nature, I’m not sure if I’d pick up her other books even if she has a way with words.
Oranges is the kind of book that makes you think. It would serve well to be dissected over in an A Levels English Literature class. Sadly I was not in that frame of mind while reading it. I also happened to be reading Sapiens at the same time, which puts human religions in a whole new light, and it definitely affected my thoughts on Christianity and this book.
Centered around a gay main character and her Bible-thumping mother, it has plenty of metaphors and is the kind of book you’d savour slowly – what is being said is just as important as what isn’t being said. The plot/characters are secondary to the theme. But the main character is so peculiar and unrelatable – and given that this is somewhat autobiographical in nature, I’m not sure if I’d pick up her other books even if she has a way with words.
Oranges is the kind of book that makes you think. It would serve well to be dissected over in an A Levels English Literature class. Sadly I was not in that frame of mind while reading it. I also happened to be reading Sapiens at the same time, which puts human religions in a whole new light, and it definitely affected my thoughts on Christianity and this book.