The World and Other Places

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, Jeanette Winterson's delectable first novel, announced the arrival of a fresh voice with a mind behind it.

Now, with her first collection--seventeen stories that span her entire career--Jeanette Winterson reveals all the facets of her extraordinary imagination.

Whether transporting us to bizarre new geographies--a world where sleep is illegal, an island of diamonds where the rich wear jewelry made of coal--or revealing so perfectly, so exactly, the joy and pain of owning a brand-new dog, she proves herself a master of the short form.

For her readers, a celebration--and for everyone else, a wonderful introduction to this highly original and consistently daring writer.