Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern minnesota, safe from the sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father. He said that a true seaman could sail around the world without anything more than a. Get it today with same day delivery, order pickup or drive up. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Safe from the sea peter geye 9781609530082 netgalley.
Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. When noah torr returns to his familys minnesota cabin to reconnect with his father, he learns for the first time what really happened 35 years agoand how it changed his father forever. Richard russo an elegant, quietly profound, and harrowing novel. Peter geye is the awardwinning author of safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. In the silence of their existence, the dignity of their bearing, geye compassionately renders the magnitudes of their despair, endurance and greatness. Peter geye might have turned this into a coverup saga, where longtime secrets of what happened on that tragic night are suddenly unveiled. Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern minnesota, safe from the sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirtyfive years after the tragic wreck of a great lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since. He was reading one of the opening scenes, and i thought, there is somebody whos. Safe from the sea peter geye unbridled books paperback 256 pages september 2011.
Peter geye s safe from the sea, which im actually right in the middle of right now, but i can already tell that this is a special book. Sign me up for news about peter geye and more from penguin random house. Safe from the sea by peter geye unbridled books 2010 244 pages olaf nodded up at the sky. Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern minneso. He was born and raised in minneapolis and continues to live. Peter received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. He is the author of the award winning novels, safe from the sea and the lighthouse road. Safe from the sea by peter geye 2011, paperback for sale. One of 3 survivors of the tragic wreck of the ore boat r peter geye brings to life images of maritime history from a time when the ore ships plied the waters of the great lakes feeding the great industrial heart of america.
The eide family trilogy chippewa valley book festival. Set against the dramatic landscape of the minnesota north shore, an estranged father and son. But peter geye is his own man and wintering is as unique and menacingly beautiful as its minnesota borderlands setting. Possible ex library copy, thatll have the markings and stickers associated from the library.
Born and raised in minneapolis, peter geye lives there with his family. Geye received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university. Classic themes of redemption, reconciliation, and family ties are set against the awesome power and. Stuart dybek, author of the coast of chicago this is a characterdriven story and one that demonstrates the power of memory and the bonds of blood, a story of love and hope. Duluth, minnesota, located on lake superiors north shore, is the nations final inland harbor even though it is staunchly situated in the upper midwest, accessible to oceangoing vessels via the great lakes waterway and the saint lawrence seaway. Born and raised in minneapolis, he continues to live there with his family.
Peter geye captures hearts with fatherson novel a touching story about a fatherson relationship, peter geye s novel safe from the sea grips the heart. In this stunning debut from author peter geye, a father and son are reconciled and laid open, bare, along. I remember when safe from the sea came out, and i stumbled into peter s reading at a book fair. 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. Lyrical, loaded with compassion for its characters. Alyson hagy i dont know of another novel that better captures that stormy north atlantic up in minnesota called lake superior than peter geyes compelling debut novel, safe from the sea. Safe from the sea was selected as one of this years battle creek reads books. Safe from the sea takes place on a small lake north of lake superior near duluth, minnesota. Click to read more about safe from the sea by peter geye. When noah torr returns to his familys minnesota cabin to reconnect with his father, he learns for the first time what really happened.
Peter geye books list of books by author peter geye. Lyrical, loaded with compassion for its characters, one of which is this arresting, dangerously alluring coast of lake superior. Information on peter geyes book, safe from the sea, published by unbridled books. Peter geyes safe from the sea applies this plot template to northern minnesota where the old mariner, olaf torr, is slowly dying, and his mapmerchant son, noah, comes to tend to dad in his final weeks. Wintering, the lighthouse road, safe from the sea, northernmost.
May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Geye has painted a visual masterpiece in this quiet and dignified book. Peter geye has delivered an archetypal story of a father and son, of the tug and pull of family bonds. I dont know of another novel that better captures that stormy north atlantic up in minnesota called lake superior than peter geyes compelling debut novel, safe from the sea. I read safe from the sea and immediately realized i had found a novel by a very talented writer.
Peter geye is able to bring to life complex characters, mixed with an interesting story, and the setting so descriptively written, it is. Safe from the sea by peter geye book club discussion questions. He is the author of three acclaimed novels set in a fictionalized northern minnesota town of gunflint. Safe from the sea is a beautiful bookall shipwreck and rescue. Accessories such as cd, codes, toys, may not be included. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. Possible clean exlibrary copy, with their stickers and or stamps. Geye is the author of the award winning novels, safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering, winner of the minnesota book award. John mandel geye is a masterful writer whose elegiac prose captures both the holiness and brutality of nature.
He was born and raised in minneapolis and continues to live there with his wife and three children. It is the story of an estranged son and father who reunite when olaf, the father, calls noah, the son, to say that he is sick and needs his help. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read wintering. Books by novelist peter geye, awardwinning author of wintering, the lighthouse road, safe from the sea, and northernmost forthcoming from knopf. Peter geye brings to life images of maritime history from a time when the ore ships plied the waters of the great lakes to feed the great industrial heart of america.
But thankfully, safe from the sea is not that kind of book. In his finely crafted first novel booklist, 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. Safe from the sea is peter geyes fine debut, a deep hearted novel of bitten lives lived out on the cold shore of a ferocious world. He is the author of the award winning novels, safe from the sea and the lighthouse road, and wintering. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Peter geye s safe from the sea offers just what its lovely, cold cover suggests. This is a characterdriven story and one that demonstrates the power of memory and the bonds of blood, a story of love and hope. Safe from the sea paperback mclean and eakin bookstore.
Peter geye is the author of northernmost, forthcoming in april 2020, as well as the awardwinning novels safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. Several years after his estrangement from his father, noah torr is forced to recreate some semblance of a relationship when he travels from boston to his home in northern minnesota. 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. His previous novels are safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. Buy safe from the sea by peter geye online at alibris. The story unfolds during an estranged son and fathers week together on the north shore of superior, as winter rolls in in early november, 35 years later. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers all about safe from the sea by peter geye. The central historical event of peter geyes first novel is the sinking of the oreboat ragnarok during a hellish november storm on lake superior. He currently teaches the yearlong novel writing project at the loft literary center. True to the template, olaf and noah have painful unresolved issues regarding olafs estrangement from his children and wife. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Geye received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. Safe from the sea by peter geye book club discussion.
Also the author of the awardwinning novel, safe from the sea, he lives in minnesota. Safe from the sea tells the story of olaf and noah torr, a father and son whose long estrangement began after olaf survived a shipwreck on lake superior. Safe from the sea is also a riveting adventure tale and a heartrending love story. Peter geye has delivered an archetypal story of a father and son, of the tug and pull of family bonds, of norwegian. Safe from the sea, awardwinning author peter geyes debut.
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