Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book co…

Jeanette Winterson
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Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world.
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In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey.
Darkness as well as light. Or do I mean darkness, another kind of light? Lucifer would say so, and I have a weakness for fallen angels. ✨ Jeanette Winterson (1995). Art & Lies: A Piece for Three Voic … ▶
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Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her world.

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