The Stone Gods by Jeanette Winterson (2007)
“God spoke crow – But what loved the stones
And spoke stone? – They seemed to exist too”
– Crow’s Theology by Ted Hughes
“To build the Stone Gods, the island has been destroyed, and now the Stone Gods are themselves destroyed”
“I ‘ve brought something with me that you might like to read. It’s in my bag. It’s called The Stone Gods. I found it on the Underground last night.
What’s it about?
A repeating world”
Gods, stone shaped or otherwise, are never going to save the world. We may pray to a spirit in the sky but there in reality there is no guiding spirit above, only the vastness of space. Continue reading
