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THE PASSION - JEANETTE WINTERSON TASCHENBUCH

'What you risk reveals what you value...' The Passion is a fairy tale about survival and
broken-heartedness  cruelty  obsession and madness. Henri had a passion for Napoleon and
Napoleon had a passion for chicken. From Boulogne to Moscow Henri butchered for his Emperor and
never killed a single man. Meanwhile  in Venice  the city of chance and disguises  Villanelle
was born with the webbed feet of her boatman father - but in the casinos she gambled her heart
and lost. As the soldier-chef's love for Napoleon turns to hate he finds the Venetian beauty 
and together they flee to the canals of darkness. 'It's a fantasy  a vivid dream... inventive
and brilliant' Guardian 'As moving and funny as it is skilful  and reflects the author's
formidable appetite for life' Sunday Times 'A book of great imaginative audacity and
assurance...brilliantly physical (and funny) detail Times Literary Supplement 'Its concentrated
beautifully detailed prose recalls the diction of fairy tales  its plot incorporates their
magic  their shrewd wit and brutality...a deeply imagined and beautiful book  often arrestingly
so' New York Times **One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

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