The present paper aims at demonstrating that in this age of globalization, which has rendered discourse problematic and utterly clichéd, the contemporary writer faces a new challenge: that of rendering private experience through a language that would be meaningful and that would, at the same time, still preserve its artistic appeal. In this context, the fiction of contemporary British writer Jeanette Winterson is ‘rooted in silence’ (Winterson 169), a narrative technique which she uses extensively in order to figure her twice problematic identity: being a woman and a lesbian. Narratorial silence is achieved through various textual devices meant to obliterate the referentiality of language and render the unique character of experience. Thus, the present paper aims at demonstrating that, even in this age where uniformity has thrived, artistic innovation and individuality is still possible. Winterson’s fiction is an exercise in voicing the ineffable character of identity through narrative discourse.