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Lighthousekeeping - by Jeanette Winterson (Paperback)

Lighthousekeeping - by  Jeanette Winterson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Silver, an orphaned girl, is taken in by the mysterious old keeper of a lighthouse on the Scottish coast, who tells her stories about a 19th-century clergyman who lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and deceit and a private one bathed in the light of passionate love.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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. <p/>One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Jeanette Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling. <p/><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>"An inspired meditation on myth and language." --<i>The New Yorker<br></i><br><i>Lighthousekeeping</i> 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 the 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 lives 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. <br>"Pew's yarns, and later Silver's, are not just about love and loss . . . but about narrative itself, and the ways in which life refuses to conform to the boundaries of a story, just as desire rebels at the limits of the world." <i>Village Voice<br></i><br>"Intimate, romantic, elegant and charmingly literary, Winterson s new novel is a poetic narrative that reaffirms the power of storytelling to provide hope when times are most desperate, and to give life--and light--when matters seem most dark." <i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution<br></i><br>"Winterson weaves a beautiful and coherent tapestry . . . she achieves a quality that justly can be called visionary." <i>Los Angeles Times<br></i><br><b>Jeanette Winterson</b> is the author of eight novels, a short-story collection, a book of essays, and a children s picture book. She has won numerous awards, including the Whitbread First Novel Award, the John Llewelyn Rhys Prze, and the E. M. Forster Award. She lives in Oxfordshire and London. <br>"<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>PRAISE FOR LIGHTHOUSEKEEPING<br>Hypnotic . . . Atmospheric and elusive, Winterson's high-modernist excursion is an inspired meditation on myth and language.<br>-THE NEW YORKER <p/>A luminous retelling of the Tristan-Isolde legend and an account of the grown-up Silver's pursuit of love . . . Winterson weaves a beautiful and coherent tapestry . . . She achieves a quality that justly can be called visionary.-LOS ANGELES TIMES<br><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>JEANETTE WINTERSON </b>is the author of several works of fiction, essays, and, most recently, a children's picture book. Her numerous awards include the Whitbread First Novel Award, the John Llewelyn Rhys Prize, and the E. M. Forster Award. She lives in Oxfordshire and London. <br>

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