Gut Symmetries
Ratings7
Average rating3
“‘Look at me,' said Grandmother. Yes look at her. Spiny as a jujube tree, sweet as a julep, ju-jitsu-minded with a heart like a jubilee. Energy, work and heat in the joule-force of her. A wryneck jynx, sudden turn of the head. Woodpecker bird at the World Ash Tree.”
I'm hard-pressed to remember a time I read such distinctive prose. I didn't care much for the plot or the characters (which is generally, you know, quite an indictment of a novel) but the sheer oddness of the writing made it worthwhile.
Jeanette is a wondrously talented author, and it's always a pleasure to experience her prose.
Likely due to me not being the intended audience, I strongly disliked every single character. Their intentions, drive, and choices have a mix of fatuousness and injudiciousness I found unpalatable.
Really cool premise, disappointing plot direction. Weirdly for Winterson, unempowering in a feminist sense.
