Lighthousekeeping
Jeanette Winterson
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.
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Details
ISBN | 156032899 |
Genre | Fiction |
Publication Date | 03-Apr-06 |
Publisher | Harvest Books |
Format | Trade Paperback |
No. of Pages | 252 |
Language | English |
Rating | NotRated |
BookID | 7408 |