Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Winterson, Jeanette
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0871131633
- ISBN 13
- 9780871131638
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Atlantic Monthly Press, 1987. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall (tall). Slight rubbing to wrappers; slight internal browning to edges; else a near fine copy. [12], 176, [1] pages. First American issue of the author's first book; pioneering 'coming out' autobiographical novel. 'First American edition, September 1987' (title page verso); originally published in Great Britain in 1985. Boldly signed by Winterson in blue ink on title page (under printed name).
Synopsis
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit is a novel by Jeanette Winterson published in 1985, which she subsequently adapted into a BBC television drama. It is a bildungsroman about a lesbian girl who grows up in a religious splinter community.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L058864
- Title
- Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
- Author
- Winterson, Jeanette
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0871131633
- ISBN 13
- 9780871131638
- Publisher
- Atlantic Monthly Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- ENGLAND FICTION LESBIAN LESBIANS, , , , , , , ,
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Title Page
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