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"A.I. is a distraction. The glory of language is in its ambiguity": Narrating Contemporary Reality with Jeanette Winterson. A Conversation with Jeanette Winterson
No full textThroughout her career, Jeanette Winterson has been celebrated for her innovative postmodernist narrative structures and thematic boldness, through works that blend genres and challenge conventional storytelling norms. However, in recent years, Winterson has also explicitly turned her attention to posthuman themes, exploring the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital technology on biological human existence. Her engagement with the Posthuman is found both in novels like "Frankissstein: A Love Story" (2019), a contemporary take on Mary Shelley's classic, and in essay collections such as "12 Bytes: How We Got Here. Where We Might Go Next" (2021). Equally opposed to technophobic and technophiliac reactions to AI, Winterson maintains a more critical stance, positing that language and the human experience it conveys continue to possess a distinct emotional resonance that AI cannot fully replicate.
The following interview was kindly granted by the author in July 2023 at the Forum Hotel in Rome, previous to her participation in the capital's International Literature Festival with a piece on Italo Calvino. In the course of this conversation, it becomes evident that Jeanette Winterson reaffirms her commitment to the fearless exploration of today's burning questions, positioning herself as a pivotal figure in the artistic examination of humanity's relationship with technology in the 21st century
Written on the Body
No full textThe author does a careful job to conceal the gender of the main character, which leaves the reader to interpret how we perceive gender and love in our lives. She indicates that they have had both male and female lovers before coming across “the most beautiful creature male or female that I have ever seen.” The story follows their transcendent love story through ups and downs that challenge the reader to view love as magical and complex.https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ul_popularromance/1036/thumbnail.jp
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
No full textWinner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Genesis -- Exodus -- Leviticus -- Numbers -- Deuteronomy -- Joshua -- Judges -- RuthWinner of the Whitbread Prize for best first fiction, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a coming-out novel from Winterson, the acclaimed author of The Passion and Sexing the Cherry. The narrator, Jeanette, cuts her teeth on the knowledge that she is one of God's elect, but as this budding evangelical comes of age, and comes to terms with her preference for her own sex, the peculiar balance of her God-fearing household crumbles.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The Stone Gods
No full textOn the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 million years ago, before we took it to the edge of destruction. And off the air, Billie and Spike are falling in love. What will happen when their story combines with the world's story.On the airwaves, all the talk is of the new blue planet - pristine and habitable, like our own 65 million years ago, before we took it to the edge of destruction. And off the air, Billie and Spike are falling in love. What will happen when their story combines with the world's story
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