Oranges are Not the Only Fruit (Winterson, Jeanette)

A striking, quirky, delicate, and intricate work . . . Winterson has mastered both comedy and tragedy in this rich little novel. . . . Winterson's great gift is evident. --The Washington Post Book World

A daring, unconventional comic novel . . . by employing quirky anecdotes, which are told with romping humor, and by splicing various parables into the narrative, Winterson allows herself the dangerous luxury of writing a novel that refuses to rely on rousing plot devices. . . . A fascinating debut . . . A penetrating novel. --Chicago Tribune

If Flannery O'Connor and Rita Mae Brown had collaborated on the coming-out story of a young British girl in the 1960s, maybe they would have approached the quirky and subtle hilarity of Jeanette Winterson's autobiographical first novel. . . . Winterson's voice, with its idiosyncratic wit and sensitivity, is one you've never heard before. --Ms.

The overwhelming impression of her work is one of remarkable self-confidence, and she evidently thrives on risk.... As good as Poe: it dares you to laugh and stares you down. --The New York Review of Books

An explosively imaginative writer. --The London Free Press

She is a master of her material, a writer [of] great talent. --Muriel Spark

Many consider her to be the best living writer in this language. --Evening Standard

The most interesting writer I have read in twenty years. --Gore Vidal