Lighthousekeeping

Jeanette Winterson

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Lighthousekeeping tells the tale of Silver ("My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal, part pirate."), an orphaned girl who is taken in by blind Mr. Pew, the mysterious and miraculously old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast. Pew tells Silver stories of Babel Dark, a nineteenth-century clergyman. Dark lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love. For Silver, Dark's life becomes a map through her own darkness, into her own story, and, finally, into love.

One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling.

Book Details

Publisher: Mariner Books
Publish Date: Apr 3rd, 2006
Pages: 252
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.00in - 5.20in - 0.60in - 0.65lb
EAN: 9780156032896
Categories: • Literary• Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths• Coming of Age

About the Author

Winterson, Jeanette: - Born in Manchester, England, Jeanette Winterson is the author of seventeen books, including the national bestseller Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit, and The Passion. She has won many prizes including the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel, the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and the Stonewall Award.

Praise for this book

UK PRAISE FOR LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING
"A brilliant, glittering piece of work, the kind that makes you gasp out loud at the sheer beauty of the language." -THE INDEPENDENT

"There is something rare and rather beautiful about Jeanette Winterson's writing. Never needlessly embellished, often darkly droll, it is spare but rich; timeless yet fresh . . . as poignant as it is powerful." -TIME OUT LONDON