The Gap of Time A Novel
The Winter’s Tale is one of Shakespeare’s “late plays.” It tells the story of a king whose jealousy results in the banishment of his baby daughter and the death of his beautiful wife. His daughter is found and brought up by a shepherd on the Bohemian coast， but through a series of extraordinary events， father and daughter， and eventually mother too， are reunited. In The Gap of Time， Jeanette Winterson’s cover version of The Winter’s Tale， we move from London， a city reeling after the 2008 financial crisis， to a storm-ravaged American city called New Bohemia. Her story is one of childhood friendship， money， status， technology and the elliptical nature of time. Written with energy and wit， this is a story of the consuming power of jealousy on the one hand， and redemption and the enduring love of a lost child on the other.From the Hardcover edition.