Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit

这并非一本关于出柜的控诉书，而是一场关于“命名”的激烈争夺。叙述者珍妮特自幼笃定自己是上帝拣选之人，却在成长中逐渐意识到：信仰、取向、故乡、宗教，原来都不止一种答案——“橘子不是唯一的水果”。温特森以近乎暴烈的诗意，让一个小镇女孩在经文与异教传说的夹缝中，学着为自己所爱之人“命名”，因为“只有知道名字的人，才能把你唤回家”。读者反复回味的，从来不是被排斥的遭遇，而是那种“坚硬且冰冷”的决绝，以及故事如何拒绝被简化为“历史”里一堆波澜不惊的事实。它适合所有不愿被单一“ formed opinions”定义的人：它不提供安慰，只提供一种可能——你的人生，还有别的可能。

Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester and read English at Oxford, during which time she wrote her first novel, the Whitbread award winning Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit. Tanglewreck, Jeanette's first novel for children, was published to great critical acclaim in 2006. In the same year she was awarded an OBE for services to literature.