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«The North is a dark place...» This is how Jeanette Winterson's novel, based on a true story, begins, captivating both the public and critics alike. We could define The Purple Woman as a gothic novel, because it contains all the elements of the genre, but its author's peculiar...
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The woman in purple
«The North is a dark place...» This is how Jeanette Winterson's novel, based on a true story, begins, captivating both the public and critics alike. We could define The Purple Woman as a gothic novel, because it contains all the elements of the genre, but its author's peculiar voice makes it a great novel in itself. The story is based on a true event: the trial of women in Lancashire, accused of witchcraft in the time of James I. Based on these facts, Winterson has recreated the era and introduced into that truculent reality the character of Alice Nutter, a woman who lives from her own work, having invented a formula to dye clothes a dark red color that has even aroused the interest and amorous attentions of the queen. Master of herself and willing to confront the forces of law, Alice tries to discover what is behind the accusation of witchcraft and uncovers the miseries of those in charge of the women imprisoned: mothers who sell their own daughters to the jailers, men who almost seem like beasts, and children willing to lie for a crust of bread and a potato peel. The moment arrives when Alice herself is incriminated, and we soon learn that she has a secret for which she is willing to die, but in her own way... The North is the place of darkness but also of courage, and in each person's death, their entire life is often reflected. Critics have said about the author: «Jeanette Winterson is an unleashed force of nature. She alone is the entire climate change.» «While most authors limit themselves to regurgitating the imagination of their predecessors, [...] this rebellious Englishwoman takes literature by the horns and reinvents it.» «An author of extraordinary sensibility whose work is devoted to Virginia Woolf.» «A reference outsider writer in England.» |
Editorial: LUMEN Fecha de publicación: Páginas: 192 Empastado: Tapa Blanda Idioma: Español |
