A Lesser Light by Geye, Peter
A Lesser Light by Geye, Peter

A Lesser Light

On the rocky shores of Lake Superior, a piercing story of selfhood and determinism develops: is the...
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Author: Peter Geye
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Language: English
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A Lesser Light by Geye, Peter

A Lesser Light

$42.89
A Lesser Light by Geye, Peter

A Lesser Light

$42.89
Author: Peter Geye
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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On the rocky shores of Lake Superior, a piercing story of selfhood and determinism develops: is the future what we're handed or what we make of it?


It's 1910, and Theodulf Sauer has finally achieved a position befitting his ego: master lighthouse keeper at a newly commissioned station towering above Lake Superior. When his new wife, Willa, arrives on the first spring ferry, it's clear her life has taken the opposite turn: after being summoned home from college to Duluth when her father dies, she and her scheming mother find themselves destitute, and Willa is rushed into this ill-suited arranged marriage before she can comprehend her fate.

As the lighthouse station establishes, the new relationship teeters between tense and hostile, with little mutual understanding or tenderness. Willa takes solace in her learned fascination with the cosmos, especially (despite her husband's suspicion of the event) in viewing the imminent Halley's Comet. Under ominous night skies, Theodulf stands sentry over the lake, clinging to long-ago and faraway memories of happiness that fill him with longing and shame.

Into this impasse, a clairvoyant girl and her resolute uncle emerge from across the cove. They see through the Sauers' thin façade and, by turns and in different ways, convey promise, sympathy, and insight that counter Willa's despair. Armed with renewed self-determination, Willa forges a path to happiness. But before she can grasp it, tragedy comes to their remote beacon, and her future plunges toward a dark unknown.

Set against a brooding and beautiful landscape, A Lesser Light is a story about industry and calamity, science versus superstition, inner desire countered with societal expectations--and the consequences when these forces collide in the wilderness of rapid social change.



Author: Peter Geye
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 04/15/2025
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.90lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781517916374


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/17/2025
Booklist 03/01/2025 pg. 60
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2025

About the Author

Peter Geye is the award-winning author of Safe from the Sea, The Lighthouse Road, Wintering, Northernmost, and The Ski Jumpers (Minnesota, 2022). He lives in Minneapolis with his family.


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