Atmospheric and elusive, Winterson's high-modernist excursion is an inspired meditation on myth and language. Lighthousekeeping Paperback Apby Jeanette Winterson (Author) 365 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.49 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 19.05 52 Used from 1.16 7 New from 14.95 11 Collectible from 7.95 Paperback 12.99 65 Used from 1.30 21 New from 9.00 1 Collectible from 40. Silver, abandoned after the death of her mother in the Scottish town of Salts-a 'rock-bitten, sand-edged shell of a town'-is taken in by Pew, a yarn-spinning lighthouse keeper 'as old as a unicorn.' In the darkness of the lighthouse, he tells never-ending stories about the tortured life of a nineteenth-century clergyman, formerly a minister in Salts, and gradually, it seems, Silver contributes stories of her own. I was born part precious metal, part pirate.), an orphaned girl who is taken in by. "In her sea-soaked and hypnotic eighth novel, Winterson turns the tale of an orphaned young girl and a blind old man into a fable about love and the power of storytelling. Lighthousekeeping tells the tale of Silver (My mother called me Silver. The New Yorker's review of the novel conveys this connection: Lighthousekeeping, by Jeannette Winterson, 2004.īritish author Jeannette Winterson's 2004 novel Lighthousekeeping is strongly influ enced by the setting and time-spanning thematics of its predecessor, To the Lighthouse.
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