Title:
Christmas days : 12 stories and 12 feasts for 12 days / Jeanette Winterson.
ISBN:
9780802125835
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Grove Press, 2016.
©2016
Physical Description:
292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
"First published by Jonathan Cape in 2016"--Title page verso.
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.
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.
OCLC Number:
ocn945232466
Availability:
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