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April 04, 2013
THE LIGHTHOUSE ROAD Nominated by Society of Midland Authors Award
The Society of Midland Authors literary awards has been completed, and The Lighthouse Road, by Peter Geye, was chosen as a finalist in the Adult Fiction category. Since 1957, the Society has presented annual awards for the best books written by Midwestern authors. Notable winners of the juried competition have included Saul Bellow, Kurt Vonnegut, Studs Terkel, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mike Royko, Jane Smiley, Dempsey Travis, Leon Forrest, William Maxwell, Louise Erdrich, Scott Turow, Alex Kotlowitz, Aleksandar Hemon, Stuart Dybek, Roger Ebert and many more. Peter Geye hopes to keep their company.
The Lighthouse Road has received much acclaim, especially in the midwest.
“With spare realism, Geye puts a fresh spin on a familiar tale, rendering a powerful portrayal of family bonds in an era long past. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal
“In his second novel, Geye brings the wilderness of northern Minnesota—in a lumberjack camp and a small town and aboard a skiff riding the waves of Lake Superior—to crackling, thundering life. Handled less skillfully, Geye’s emphasis on one primary trait in his characters—their intense longing for somewhere to belong and, at the same time, somewhere to be free—might come off as one-dimensional, but here the story and its people achieve remarkable emotional resonance. The echoes of the characters’ heartbreak through the generations are as haunting as the howling of the wolves on the wind.”— Booklist, starred review
“a richly nuanced collage that keeps readers guessing….a page-turner….”—The Minneapolis Star Tribune
“A treasure. A story of love and loss and courage set in the wilds of northern Minnesota, spanning the decades from the end of the 19th century to the early 1920s….will resonate long after you turn the last page.”—Hudson Valley News
“[P]oignant and thought-provoking….This story is not about happiness or happy endings, it’s about surviving, both physically and emotionally. And that’s something we’re all trying to do.”— Tulsa Books Examiner
“Minnesota author Peter Geye’s engaging second novel, following 2011’s Safe from the Sea, is also set in northern Minnesota, near the rugged shores of Lake Superior ... As with Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News, readers will feel as if they are experiencing the nature that Geye paints for them first-hand.” - BookPage
“This is a beautifully written book, richly detailed, stark and tragic, but with glimmers of hopefulness.” - Historical Novel Society
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. He was born and raised in Minneapolis and continues to live there with his wife and three children. He is the author of the award winning novel, Safe from the Sea.
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