An extraordinary, lyrical book that is about the power of storytelling in - and about - our lives. Other themes are light/dark/blindness (literal and metaphorical), outcasts, and the contrast between permanence and immobility (symbolised by the lighthouse) and change (people and the sea).The fiction...
When did I read this? I sure am glad I only gave it two stars immediately after reading it. I remember nothing about it!Very patchy writing. Sometimes it was just too absract and other times I thought it was pure poetry. Too bad I cannot give it both a one star and a five star rating.