Winterson's ORANGE

ORANGE as a lesbian novel It is hard to definite 'lesbian novels'. Some concern about the writers' background, some concern about the content...but we think Oranges has lesbian flavour, it is related to lesbianism in a sense that Winterson puts lesbian issue in an explicit, expressive and direct way. She describes her intimate relations with female figures--Melanie, Katy, before that with Elsie, her mother and the church community (female-oriented), male figures seem to be …

…can somehow be compared with the way we find truth in the world. 3) Oranges--the writing style Just as Winterson comments Oranges as experimental (see introduction), it is something different or new in her writing style. The book is different in the way that it doesn't follow linear pattern and it rewrites history, draws references from fairy-tales, its intertextuality makes the book postmodern, and again, it's Winterson's choice to make her novel one of a kind.