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The North is the dark place. It is not safe to be buried cui on the north side of the church and the North Door is the way of the dead. The North of England is untamed. It can be subdued but it cannot be tamed. Lancashire is the wild part of the untamed. So begins Jeanette Winterson s new novel, The Daylight Gate. It s fitting to begin in the landscape Lancashire, and Pendle Hill, wild and shrouded in fog, play as large a role as any character in this bewitching book. And it is in Lancashire, in the Pendle Forest, that a traveling pedlar has a run-in with two women and their familiars, arriving in the pub an hour later, raving and half-mad. This event leads to the imprisonment cui of these two women, and the subsequent inquiry on their coven. And so it is on Pendle Hill, in Malkin Tower, property of the beautiful, wealthy Alice Nutter, on Good Friday, 1612, that a group of thirteen people are interrupted by the town magistrate and accused of witchery.
This is seventeenth-century England. To be a witch or a Catholic are equal offenses, punishable by death. This is the start of the first-ever documented witch trial, from which The Daylight Gate takes its tale. This is a slim, seductive book of magic, religion, devotion, love, and power.
With spare, poetic prose, Winterson peels back layer after layer of story, revealing broken loyalties and unbreakable bonds, forging connections where you don t expect them. Alice Nutter, the thread that ties the story and large cast of characters together, is a complex woman of courageous cui depth, though she never quite reveals the secrets of her charmed life. She is a fine, nuanced character, inspiring awe and sympathy despite her obvious affiliation with the darkest forces of this book. Her past haunts her, and in a way, her past haunts every character here. Winterson s penchant for myth and magick is on full display cui in The Daylight Gate it shines through her old-fashioned storytelling. The plot unfolds in a glorious, inevitable rush of events, exposing each of the characters, and binding them closer and closer together, as the noose tightens, collectively, around their necks.
The Daylight Gate carries the weight of a big, dense book so much is crammed into its 200 pages. The descriptions of squalor and torture will make your skin crawl consider this sentence describing the dungeon in Lancaster cui Castle: A rat runs over her foot and drinks from the indent of her shoe. There s plenty more where that came from. And Winterson doesn t shy away from displaying humanity s darkest behaviors: the things we do for love and power; the things we do to satisfy hunger and greed. Yet, the darkness she writes is never gratuitous. Instead, the darkness is raw, evocative, harsh, archetypal and terrifying.
Sara Rauch s writing has appeared in Crossed Out, Earth s Daughters, Inkwell, upstreet, The Prose-Poem Project, Glitterwolf, the NewerYork, and in the anthology Dear John, I Love Jane. Sara is the editor of Cactus Heart Press and is at work on a collection of short stories. She lives in Northampton, MA, with her partner and their handful of cats.
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Home About Mission Statement A Brief History of LLF Board Staff Contact Us Newsletter Press Releases Foundation Updates From The Board Awards Awards Ceremony Overview of Awards 2013 Awards Guidelines 2013 Awards Submission Form Current Submissions Previous LLF Winners Emerging cui Writer Award Guidelines Mid-Career Prize Guidelines Pioneer Award Ceremony Gallery Writer’s Retreat About 2013 Application 2013 Faculty 2013 Writers Retreat Fellows Scholarship Fund Writers cui in Schools About LGBT Writers in Schools Recent Visits Book Clubs LLF Online Book Club My Story Book Club Lambda Lit Book Club Volunteer General Volunteer Information Internships Write for Lambda Literary Support Us Literary Resources LGBT Book Groups LGBT Bookstores LGBT Publishers Book Database cui Literary Links Editors, Agents, Publicists Literary Organizations Literary cui Magazines & Websites cui Residencies, Grants & Fellowships Call for Submissions
Lambda Literary Review Editorial Team Comments Policy How to Submit Books for Review How to Write for LLR Advertise With Us! Reviews Poetry Bio/Memoir General Fiction Speculative Romance Mystery Nonfiction Young Adult Drama Erotica Film Illustrated Anthology Interviews Features Poetry Spotlight Opinion LFF Book Club News Events Events Submit an Event Call For Submissons Call for Submissions Submit a Call For Submission
The North is the dark place. It is not safe to be buried cui on the north side of the church and the North Door is the way of the dead. The North of England is untamed. It can be subdued but it cannot be tamed. Lancashire is the wild part of the untamed. So begins Jeanette Winterson s new novel, The Daylight Gate. It s fitting to begin in the landscape Lancashire, and Pendle Hill, wild and shrouded in fog, play as large a role as any character in this bewitching book. And it is in Lancashire, in the Pendle Forest, that a traveling pedlar has a run-in with two women and their familiars, arriving in the pub an hour later, raving and half-mad. This event leads to the imprisonment cui of these two women, and the subsequent inquiry on their coven. And so it is on Pendle Hill, in Malkin Tower, property of the beautiful, wealthy Alice Nutter, on Good Friday, 1612, that a group of thirteen people are interrupted by the town magistrate and accused of witchery.
This is seventeenth-century England. To be a witch or a Catholic are equal offenses, punishable by death. This is the start of the first-ever documented witch trial, from which The Daylight Gate takes its tale. This is a slim, seductive book of magic, religion, devotion, love, and power.
With spare, poetic prose, Winterson peels back layer after layer of story, revealing broken loyalties and unbreakable bonds, forging connections where you don t expect them. Alice Nutter, the thread that ties the story and large cast of characters together, is a complex woman of courageous cui depth, though she never quite reveals the secrets of her charmed life. She is a fine, nuanced character, inspiring awe and sympathy despite her obvious affiliation with the darkest forces of this book. Her past haunts her, and in a way, her past haunts every character here. Winterson s penchant for myth and magick is on full display cui in The Daylight Gate it shines through her old-fashioned storytelling. The plot unfolds in a glorious, inevitable rush of events, exposing each of the characters, and binding them closer and closer together, as the noose tightens, collectively, around their necks.
The Daylight Gate carries the weight of a big, dense book so much is crammed into its 200 pages. The descriptions of squalor and torture will make your skin crawl consider this sentence describing the dungeon in Lancaster cui Castle: A rat runs over her foot and drinks from the indent of her shoe. There s plenty more where that came from. And Winterson doesn t shy away from displaying humanity s darkest behaviors: the things we do for love and power; the things we do to satisfy hunger and greed. Yet, the darkness she writes is never gratuitous. Instead, the darkness is raw, evocative, harsh, archetypal and terrifying.
Sara Rauch s writing has appeared in Crossed Out, Earth s Daughters, Inkwell, upstreet, The Prose-Poem Project, Glitterwolf, the NewerYork, and in the anthology Dear John, I Love Jane. Sara is the editor of Cactus Heart Press and is at work on a collection of short stories. She lives in Northampton, MA, with her partner and their handful of cats.
Trackbacks/Pingbacks News Roundup: Interview Kiki on Video, cui New Novel from Jade Winters, Lambda Reviews, Podcasts, WhoreStoricals, Festive frolics, and loads more… | UK Lesbian Fiction - November 13, 2013
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