Lighthousekeeping
by Winterson, Jeanette
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j. A little bumping on spine otherwise pristine.
- ISBN 10
- 0007181515
- ISBN 13
- 9780007181513
- Seller
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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Synopsis
My mother called me Silver. I was born part precious metal, part pirate. Orphaned and anchorless, Silver is taken in by blind Mr. Pew, the mysterious and miraculously old keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of journeys that move through place and time, of passion and betrayal. His stories center on Babel Dark, a local nineteenth-century clergyman who lived two lives: a public one mired in darkness and a private one bathed in a beacon of light. Pew's stories are, for Silver, a map through her own particular darkness, into her own story and, finally, into love. With Lighthousekeeping, Winterson begins a new cycle and a return to the lyrical intimacy of her earliest work. One of the most original and extraordinary writers of her generation, Winterson has created a modern fable about the transformative power of storytelling.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132189
- Title
- Lighthousekeeping
- Author
- Winterson, Jeanette
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine, 1st edition, unclipped d/j. A little bumping on spine otherwise pristine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0007181515
- ISBN 13
- 9780007181513
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 232
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, Winterson
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- X weight
- 0.39 g
- Size
- 8vo: crown (200 x 140 / 8\"\" x 5_\"\")
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