# Orlanda

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- Book: [Orlanda](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacqueline-harpman/orlanda) ([Orlanda.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacqueline-harpman/orlanda.md))
- Authors: [Jacqueline Harpman](https://www.bookquiver.com/jacqueline-harpman)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Translated by: Ros Schwartz
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4813-785-5
- Published: 2012-05-31
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'THE ’90S GENDER SWAP NOVEL YOU NEED TO READ NOW' ( NEW YORK TIMES), FROM THE AUTHOR OF I WHO HAVE NEVER KNOWN MEN There’s a voice in Aline’s head: a voice that wants out. Brash, boisterous and sexually adventurous, this voice seems to be the antithesis of Aline, a prim literature professor for whom each day promises to be as quiet and conventional as the last. That is until, after thirty-five years of imprisonment, her alter ego breaks free. Taking on a life of his own, Orlanda – Aline’s second self – slips into the taut, rugged body of a young man. As Aline continues unaware, Orlanda follows, dragging gleeful chaos in his wake, vowing to leave both their existences forever altered. A bewitching fable, an androgynous dream, Orlanda is one woman’s reckoning with all the hidden sides of her soul. --- READER REVIEWS - JOIN THE ORLANDA OBSESSION: ' Hilarious, life affirming, haunting …truly perfect in prose, plot, and concept. Just wow ' 'A powerful novel, witty, wicked and teasing ' 'It’s the perfect book ' 'This is the second book I've read by her and it's another masterpiece ' 'Reading this has confirmed Jacqueline Harpman as one of my favourite writers I’ve ever encountered'