The Gap of Time: The Winter’s Tale Retold
Jeanette Winterson
Part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series.
I saw the strangest sight tonight.
New Bohemia. America. A storm. A black man discovers a white baby abandoned in the night and decides to take her home, cradling her like she is “light as a star.”
London. England. After the financial crash. Leo Kaiser is adept at making money but struggles with jealousy towards his best friend and his wife. He questions if his newborn baby is even his.
New Bohemia. 17 years later. A boy and a girl begin to fall in love, unaware of the secrets surrounding their identities and origins.
In this audiobook version of Jeanette Winterson’s cover of The Winter’s Tale, listeners will experience a narrative that intertwines the echoes of the original play with a contemporary tale. As Time itself plays a crucial role in the unfolding story, it explores themes of separation and reunion, leading towards either tragedy or forgiveness.
