Against the wilds of sea and wood, a young immigrant woman set. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. Peter geye is a city guy through and through, but you wouldnt know it by his books. Born and raised in minneapolis, peter geye lives there with his family. Formally, his first book drew a traditional narrative arc to a rewarding if inevitable conclusion. Listen to a podcast of peter geye reading an excerpt from the lighthouse road in an interview on kmsu weekly reader.
The lighthouse road is a historical novel set in minnesota in the late 19th century. Peter geye is the awardwinning author of three novels, all set on the north shore, safe from the sea unbridled books, 2011, the lighthouse road unbridled books, 20, and wintering knopf, 2016. With its conflicted heroes and their seafaring, bootlegging, lumbercamp agonies, this book understands hard work and heartbreakit takes no shortcuts but delivers its cargo in generous style, a tale wrapped in blizzards and. A norwegian immigrant of limited language skills, thea embarks on a solitary existence in. His first novel, safe from the sea, is set on the stormy shores of lake superior, and explores the. Perhaps its been too long, because my original impetus for picking up the lighthouse road by peter geye was a sort of nostalgic affinity for the area. With its conflicted heroes and their seafaring, bootlegging, lumbercamp agonies, this book understands hard work and heartbreakit takes no shortcuts but delivers its cargo in generous style, a tale wrapped in blizzards and viewed through the glass eye of history. Peter geye is nothing short of brilliant in his latest book northernmost. A novel peter geye the story moves back and forth in time from the arrival of thea from her isolated village in arctic norway in search of a new life in the near wilderness of a small town and logging camp on the shore of lake superior to the travails of her orphaned son, odd, some twenty years later. He is the author of three acclaimed novels set in a fictionalized northern minnesota town of gunflint.
Against the wilds of sea and wood, a young immigrant woman settles into life outside duluth in the 1890s, still shocked at finding herself alone in a new country, abandoned and adrift. He was born and raised in minneapolis and continues to live. In wintering, peter geyes characters face evil in north. Northernmost brings geye s masterful minnesota trilogy to a close and earns him a star in the sky as one of the nations most powerful writers.
See all books authored by peter geye, including wintering, and the lighthouse road, and more on thriftbooks. Geye plunges fearlessly into the frigid landscape of the lighthouse road, exploring the lives of two individuals. One person said they were left with questions and intrigued by the family, another said, too, they liked the intertwining of the family. Peter geye, in the lighthouse road has created a world that is great fun to inhabit for however many, or few, hours it takes. Peter geye evokes the savage beauty of lake superiors north shore and the bittersweet reunion of a dying father and his hurting son after decades of estrangement. He is the author of the award winning novels, safe from the. Unbridled books, 2012 some ancient cold had taken root in thea eides belly, a feeling shed not yet had but one she knew meant the time was nigh to deliver her baby. The lighthouse road by peter geye the lighthouse road debuts this week but ive already read it three times, each one bringing fresh revelations and reminding me of why i love to read. He was born and raised in minneapolis where he still lives. Peter geye books list of books by author peter geye.
The lighthouse road peter geye unbridled books paperback 304 pages june 20. Peter geye is the awardwinning author of safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. Peter geye was born and raised in minneapolis, where he continues to live. Buy this book in geyes second novel, odd eide is born of. The lighthouse road by peter geye feels like the frozen tundra and the heat of the tropics all at once as his eccentric characters hack their lives out of the wilderness outside duluth, minn. Minneapolis native peter geye appropriately follows his debut, safe from the sea, a novel about sons and fathers, with the lighthouse road, a novel about sons and mothers. Contact info hamline university saint paul, minnesota.
With its conflicted heroes and their seafaring, bootlegging, lumbercamp agonies, this book understands hard work and heartbreak it takes no shortcuts but delivers its cargo in generous style, a tale wrapped in blizzards and viewed through the glass eye of history. Peter geye is the award winning author of safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. He holds an mfa from the university of new orleans and a phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. Geyes expert rendering of a time long pastthe brutality of backwoods logging camps, the heartbreak of an era. Peter geye is the awardwinning author of a 4book saga about the eide family. The lighthouse road is a cinematic thundercloud gusting across the northern landscape peter geye so clearly loves.
Wintering, peter geyes latest and most accomplished endeavor, will transport you to an agonizing journey in the fall of 1963 when harry eide who first appeared in the lighthouse road persuaded his 18yearold son gus to postpone college and accompany him on a trek by canoe to the canadian borderlands where theyd winter over just like. The eide family trilogy chippewa valley book festival. When noah torr returns to his familys minnesota cabin to reconnect with his father, he learns for the first time what really happened 35. Minneapolis books peter geyes the lighthouse road is a beautifully written, stunning novel of selfpreservation, secrets, and the ache for love. Minnesotan peter geye, author of the novels safe from the sea, the lighthouse road and wintering. The plot shifts back and forth in time from the late 1800s to the 1920s, focusing on thea. Books by novelist peter geye, awardwinning author of wintering, the lighthouse road, safe from the sea, and northernmost forthcoming from knopf. Minnesota author peter geye s engaging second novel, following 2011s safe from the sea, is also set in northern minnesota, near the rugged shores of lake superior. Given its occasional archaic language and specialized terms of late 19th and early 20thcentury boatbuilding, forestry and medicineplus a sprinkling of immigrant norwegianyou might find yourself bogged down in the lighthouse road, peter geyes story of early settlers on the shores of lake superior north of duluth. News and information from novelist peter geye, awardwinning author of wintering, the lighthouse road, safe from the sea, and northernmost forthcoming from knopf.
It begins in an 1896 snowstorm as thea eide delivers her son. Wintering, which won the 2017 minnesota book award for novel and short story. Peter geye this setting is both a source of solace to his complex characters, and a well of roaring menace, threatening to wipe them out with a mere change in the weather. He has an mfa from the university of new orleans and a phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast view peters work at.
It could be argued that the real protagonists are snow and. Wintering author talks about being a minnesota writer. Against the wilds of sea and wood, a young immigrant woman settles into life outside duluth in the 1890s, still shocked at finding herself alone in a new country. Geyes work is unforgettable and will be read for generations to come. The lighthouse road the story moves back and forth in time from the arrival of thea from her isolated village in arctic norway in search of a new life in the near wilderness of a small town and logging camp on the shore of lake superior to the travails of her orphaned son, odd, some twenty years later.
The lighthouse road peter geye 9781609530846 netgalley. If beauty is what youre looking for, look no further. The plot shifts back and forth in time from the late 1800s to the 1920s, focusing on thea eidewho is. With its conflicted heroes and their seafaring, bootlegging, lumbercamp agonies, this book understands hard work and heartbreak it takes no shortcuts but delivers its cargo in generous. The lighthouse road, by peter geye, is a bleak 19thcentury story. Hans weyandt, micawbers books, mn the lighthouse road is exciting, moving, surprising, and original.
Popular local author peter geye will be in the store on tuesday, december 4 at 7 p. When geye started work on the lighthouse road, he was inspired by a photo in a book on northern minnesota showing a young woman standing beside a cook fire in a shanty, circa 1872. The lighthouse road, by peter geye, is a bleak 19th. He holds and mfa from the university of new orleans and a phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. A regular teaching artist at the loft, geye was born and raised in minneapolis where he still lives.
Peter received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. Some had read the book lighthouse road which was the prequel to this story and knew a little bit more about the family history and dynamics. Its been a long time since ive been to duluth, minnesota. Matthew batt, peter geye, safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, the name game matthew batt is the author of sugarhouse, a memoir about renovating. Peter geye is the awardwinning author of safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering knopf, 2016, which won a 2017 minnesota book award for fiction. Hungry for good books the lighthouse road by peter geye. Geye received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. His previous novels are safe from the sea and the lighthouse road.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the lighthouse road. Peter geye is the awardwinning author of safe from the sea 2009, the lighthouse road 2012, and wintering 2016 which received the 2017 minnesota book award. The books playfulness with the story of hosea, the name of one of geyes primary characters, isnt essential to its themes, although a closer look. Review of the lighthouse road 9781609530846 foreword. Buy a cheap copy of the lighthouse road book by peter geye. When i was younger, i drove three and a half hours due north, every time i had the opportunity, to sit in the harbor and watch the ships arrive and depart, to dig through the. Odd is a young fisherman with his own small boat, whose mother died soon after he was born. His previous novels are safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. Peter geye received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast.
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