The World and Other Places is a collection of short stories by Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson OBE is a British novelist.-Early years:Winterson was born in Manchester and adopted on 21 January 1960. She was raised in Accrington, Lancashire, by Constance and John William Winterson...

  O.B.E in the style of postmodernism

Postmodernism

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Some of the contained short stories have been previously published in well known publications, such as The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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. Winterson, like other postmodernists, plays with her words so they carry multiple layers and interpretation. She writes in short sentences and short fragments without obvious transitions. This collection questions the nature of narrative. The stories escape reality and often narrative conventions (one of the stories may be narrated by a dead character). Sexuality is often of particular importance with Winterson's stories, particularly "The Poetics of Sex" which concerns itself with a lesbian relationship from beginning to end, framed by the public awareness of lesbians. It was published in hardcover

Hardcover

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 by Alfred A. Knopf

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 in 1999 and in trade paperback by Vintage in the United States in June 2000.

Short stories included

• "The 24-Hour Dog"
• "Atlantic Crossing"
• "The Poetics of Sex"
• "The Three Friends"
• "Orion"
• "Lives of Saints"
• "O'Brien's First Christmas"
• "The World and Other Places"
• "Disappearance I"
• "Disappearance II"
• "The Green Man"
• "Turn of the World"
• "Newton"
• "Holy Matrimony"
• "A Green Square"
• "Adventure of a Lifetime"
• "Psalms"

Prior publication

• "The Three Friends" in Columbia
• "O'Brien's First Christmas" in Elle
  Elle
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• "Adventure of a Lifetime" in Esquire
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• "Orion" in Granta
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  and Home Issue
• "The Poetics of Sex" in Granta
  Granta
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  and Best of Young British Writers
• "Psalms" in New Statesman
  New Statesman
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• "The Green Man" and "Disappearance I" (originally titled "Tough Girls Don't Dream") in The New Yorker
  The New Yorker
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• "Newton" appeared in the book The New Gothic edited by Patrick McGrath and Bradford Morrow
• "Atlantic Crossing" was broadcast on BBC Radio
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