Light
A Novel
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-1-84195-948-1 (ISBN)
Description
May, 1831, and on a tiny island off the Isle of Man a lighthouse provides a harsh living for an unusual family. Lucy and Diya, husbandless and with three children between them, watch over the ancient light on Ellan Bride. Meanwhile the Scottish engineer, Robert Stevenson, is modernising the nation's lighthouses, and Ellan Bride - and the future of the family - are under threat. When two surveyors arrive to assess the light, tension escalates to danger point.
Reviews / Votes
"The heart of this novel is a place described so finely and beguilingly that everyone who reads it will want to go to Ellan Bride." Helen Dunmore, The Times "Fuses history and fantasy into an exuberantly clever romp, swathed in the mist and spray of northern seas." Boyd Tonkin, Independent "Elphinstone's sense of place, time and atmosphere make for eerie reading and give the novel an impressive authenticity." Scotland on Sunday "This is true experimental writing: careless of taboo, teeming with ideas, elusive yet utterly controlled." Guardian "Elphinstone's sense of place, time and atmosphere make for eerie reading and give the novel an impressive authenticity... breathtaking." Vanessa Curtis, Scotland on Sunday"More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84195-948-1 (9781841959481)
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Person
Margaret Elphinstone is the author of eight previous novels, including Voyageurs and The Sea Road. Her short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies. She lives in Glasgow and teaches at the Department of English Studies at Strathclyde University.