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Christmas days : 12 stories and 12 feasts for 12 days / Jeanette Winterson.
Van Pelt Library PR6073.I558 A6 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Winterson, Jeanette, 1959- author.
- Standardized Title:
- Short stories. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christmas stories.
- FICTION--Short Stories (single author).
- FICTION--Holidays).
- Short stories.
- Local Subjects:
- FICTION--Short Stories (single author).
- FICTION--Holidays).
- Christmas stories.
- Short stories.
- Genre:
- Christmas stories.
- Christmas fiction.
- Short stories.
- Physical Description:
- 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Grove Press, 2016.
- Summary:
- A collection of stories that Winterson has written annually at Christmas includes tales of trees with magical powers, a tinsel baby that talks, flying dogs, philosophical fairies, and a haunted house. Each story is followed by a recipe.
- Contents:
- Christmas-tide
- Spirit of Christmas: Mrs. Winterson's mince pies
- The SnowMama: Ruth Rendell's red cabbage
- Dark Christmas: Kathy Acker's New York custard
- Christmas in New York: My Christmas Eve smoked salmon and champagne
- The mistletoe bride: Susie's Christmas Eve gravlax
- O'Brien's first Christmas: Dad's sherry trifle
- The second-best bed: Shakespeare and Company's Chinese dumplings
- Christmas cracker: My mulled wine (or: No more fruit in main courses)
- A ghost story: Kamila Shamsie's turkey biryani
- The silver frog: My New Year's Eve cheese crispies
- The lion, the unicorn, and me: My New Year's Day steak sandwich
- The glow-heart: My twelfth night fishcakes
- Christmas greetings from the author.
- Notes:
- "First published by Jonathan Cape in 2016"--Title page verso.
- ISBN:
- 9780802125835
- 0802125832
- OCLC:
- 945232466
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