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Night Side of the River

Night Side of the River

FolkloreHorror
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

What if the dead aren't really gone? In this collection of ghost stories, Jeanette Winterson explores the thin line between our world and the next. Each tale introduces characters, both living and spectral, who are bound by love, loss, and unfinished business. These are modern fables that are as much about life and connection as they are about the haunting presence of the past.

Prose complexity
10/10

Vibe

DarkMysteriousAtmosphericPhilosophical

Genres

Folklore Horror Literary Fiction Gothic Magical Realism Psychological Thriller

About the author

J
Jeanette Winterson

Jeanette Winterson is an British author. Her first book, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, was a semi-autobiographical novel about a lesbian growing up in an English Pentecostal community. Other novels explore gender polarities and sexual identity and later ones the relations between humans and technology. She has received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to literature, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society o...