Written on the Body
Author: Jeanette Winterson
Written on the Body is a secret code only visible in certain lights: the accumulation of a lifetime gather there. In places the palimpsest is so heavily worked that the letters feel like braille. I like to keep my body rolled away from prying eyes, never unfold too much, tell the whole story. I didn’t know that Louise would have reading hands. She has translated me into he….Read More
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