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The Gap of Time

The Winter's Tale Retold
Jun 28, 2016wyenotgo rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Winterson has craftily adapted Shakespeare's somewhat ambiguous Winter's Tale into a believable modern day story. She explores on one hand our human tendency toward self-destruction and on the other hand the possibility of forgiveness -- all of it done with her own unique and glorious wordplay. The book is full of little gems: "It takes so little time to change a lifetime and it takes a lifetime to understand the change". And her re-telling of the Oedipus story in the scatological vernacular of Autolucus is an absolute hoot! Time and again, I found myself flipping back and re-reading sections that are so stunningly written. In fact, I will probably go back and re-read the entire book before long. The most enjoyable thing I've read so far this year.