num_pages: 232
description: 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.
language: English
title: Lighthousekeeping
titlecomplete: Lighthousekeeping
genres: Fiction, Magical Realism, Queer, LGBT, British Literature, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 9162
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Lambda Literary Award
category: Lesbian Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Premi Llibreter de narrativa
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt