A Brief Atlas of Lighthouses at the End of the World
José Luis González Macías
A unique illustrated exploration of our favorite oceanic beacons and their haunted histories.
There is something beautiful and wild in the impossible architecture of lighthouses. These precariously perched structures have been the homes and workplaces of keepers whose romantic guardianship has saved countless lives from cruel seas. While that way of life may have faded away, as the lights go out and the buildings crumble, we still have their stories.
This collection of more than thirty tales spans the heights and depths of human experience: the blind lighthouse keeper tending a light in the Arctic Circle, the intrepid young woman saving ships from wreck beginning at just age twelve, the desperate plight of a crew cut off for forty days with meager supplies, the lighthouse haunted by the clacking sound of a long-passed keeper's ghostly typewriter.
Interweaving literary inspiration and elements from Jules Verne, Virginia Woolf, and Edgar Allan Poe and...
There is something beautiful and wild in the impossible architecture of lighthouses. These precariously perched structures have been the homes and workplaces of keepers whose romantic guardianship has saved countless lives from cruel seas. While that way of life may have faded away, as the lights go out and the buildings crumble, we still have their stories.
This collection of more than thirty tales spans the heights and depths of human experience: the blind lighthouse keeper tending a light in the Arctic Circle, the intrepid young woman saving ships from wreck beginning at just age twelve, the desperate plight of a crew cut off for forty days with meager supplies, the lighthouse haunted by the clacking sound of a long-passed keeper's ghostly typewriter.
Interweaving literary inspiration and elements from Jules Verne, Virginia Woolf, and Edgar Allan Poe and...
Année:
2024
Editeur::
Chronicle Books
Langue:
english
Pages:
160
ISBN 10:
1797227475
ISBN 13:
9781797227474
Fichier:
EPUB, 77.90 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2024