The Lighthousekeeping

Informationen zum Autor Jeanette Winterson was born in Manchester in 1959. She read English at Oxford University before writing her first novel, Oranges are Not the Only Fruit, which was published in 1985. Klappentext Absorbing literary tale exploring the light and dark within the human soul. From the author of "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit". It sold 15,000 hardbacks and received strong reviews. This paperback edition includes a fascinating PS section with author interview, an exclusive essay on the book and recommendations for further reading. Zusammenfassung From one of Britain’s best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling.

Bericht

'The importance of stories, the urge to create ourselves through stories, is one of Winterson's abiding themes, along with the supremacy, the redemptive power of love.' Daily Telegraph
'A marvelously skilful juggling act of ideas and emotion ... Winterson's prodigious talent brings the book alive.' Evening Standard
'The power of Lighthousekeeping is in ... the pared-down precision of its language, each word smoothed into a finely polished pebble.' Observer

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jeanette Winterson
• Verlag: Harper Perennial UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.05.2005
• EAN: 9780007181506
• ISBN: 978-0-00-718150-6
• Seiten: 233
• Abmessung: 128 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Serie: Harper Collins Paperbacks
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, The;classic;Of