The central historical event of peter geyes first novel is the sinking of the oreboat ragnarok during a hellish november storm on lake superior. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Safe from the sea by peter geye book club discussion. Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern minnesota, safe from the sea is a heartfelt novel in. 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. He is the author of the award winning novels, safe from the sea and the lighthouse road. Though emotionally difficult, its a book i savored and found over all too quickly. How has grief changed the lives of the main characters in this novel. Jun 16, 2016 geye made a conscious decision to write about the northern minnesota wilderness when he began his awardwinning 2010 debut novel, safe from the sea.
This concept is gracefully explored in firsttime novelist peter geyes lyric story of familial strife and reconciliation, safe from the sea. Born and raised in minneapolis, peter geye lives there with his family. Jun 03, 2014 safe from the sea peter geye unbridled books first edition. He was born and raised in minneapolis and continues to live there with his wife and three children.
Librarything discussion shelfari discussion reading guide pdf. The story moves back and forth in time from the arrival of thea from her isolated village in arctic norway in search of a new life in the near wilderness of a small town and logging camp on the shore of lake superior to the travails of her orphaned son, odd, some twenty years later. Geye was born and raised in minnesota and continues to live here with his wife and three children. 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. May 21, 2009 isbn 9781609530082 duluth, minnesota, located on lake superiors north shore, is the nations final inland ha. Peter geye has delivered an archetypal story of a father and son, of the tug and pull of family bonds, of norwegian immigrant culture, of dramatic shipwrecks and the business and adventure of great lakes shipping in a setting that simply casts a spell over the characters as well as the reader. Parish office 2014 september 8th canada richard ford october 6th little princes conor grennan november 3rd safe from the sea peter geye december 1st the childrens blizzard david laskin 2015 january 5th tattoos on the heart fr. Geye made a conscious decision to write about the northern minnesota wilderness when he began his awardwinning 2010 debut novel, safe from the sea.
Jun 08, 2017 a few rows over on an endcap was the book from the new author list, safe from the sea by peter geye. We hope that many of you have bought and been captivated by this years selection for the allchurch book read, safe from the sea by peter geye. Unbridled books has 117 entries in their overdrive catalogue overdrive rakuten overdrive borrow ebooks, audiobooks, and videos from thousands of public libraries worldwide. In the silence of their existence, the dignity of their bearing, geye compassionately renders the magnitudes of their despair, endurance and greatness. He said that a true seaman could sail around the world without anything more than a watch and a sextant and the sky to guide him. Anything about the sea captivates my attention since i was a little girl and my love of the great lakes. You will feel the frigid sea air whip around your ears, taste the smoked salmon, smell the wood smoke as a father and son reunite after thirtyfive years of estrangement.
His previous novels are safe from the sea, the lighthouse road, and wintering. Lyrical, loaded with compassion for its characters, one of which is this arresting, dangerously alluring coast of lake superior. Geyes writing is graphic and elegant, olafs story of the doomed ragnarok a vital, powerful symbol for the authors themes of courage, bravery and selfsacrifice. 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. But peter geye is his own man and wintering is as unique and menacingly beautiful as its minnesota borderlands setting.
Peter geyes 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. Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern minneso. Ron rash, the cove a deep hearted novel of bitten lives lived out on the cold shore of a ferocious world. Mar 22, 2020 peter geye is nothing short of brilliant in his latest book northernmost. Jan 24, 2011 peter geyes safe from the sea offers just what its lovely, cold cover suggests. For those acquainted with geyes work, this cast of characters is not unfamiliar. Information on peter geyes book, safe from the sea, published by unbridled books. Olafs plea for noah to return him to this beloved lake is the final gift, but one that comes at a price and with great hesitation for both noah and solveig. Minneapolis native peter geye appropriately follows his debut, safe from the sea, a novel about sons and fathers, with the lighthouse road, a novel about sons and mothers. He is the author of the award winning novel, safe from the sea.
True to the template, olaf and noah have painful unresolved issues regarding olafs estrangement from his children and wife. Also the author of the awardwinning novel, safe from the sea, he lives in minnesota. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. This beautifully written book centers on a fatherson journey into the vast northern wilderness in the dead of winter, but also tells a bigger storyof a divided family, a towns complicated history, and a feud that spans generations. Northernmost brings geyes masterful minnesota trilogy to a close and earns him a star in the sky as one of the nations most powerful writers. By the time she reaches her destination, a place that looks surprisingly like the home she. Sep 12, 2011 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.
Ostensibly the story of reconciliation between father and son, the real star of the book is ominous lake superior and the colorful communities and people that cling to the lakes edges. Aug 21, 2014 minneapolis born peter geye paints a clear picture of the great lakes shipping industry on the cold minnesota north shore in his debut novel, safe from the sea. Safe from the sea peter geye unbridled books first edition. Unbridled bookspublisher overdrive rakuten overdrive. Sep 12, 2011 peter geyes 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. Northernmost by peter geye penguin random house canada. Jul 01, 2011 safe from the sea by peter geye unbridled books 2010 244 pages olaf nodded up at the sky. June 7, 2016 a father and son bond through several months of selfexile in the remote borderlands of northern minnesota. Zenith bookstore is thrilled to host peter geye, author of the awardwinning northlands epic wintering.
Safe from the sea by peter geye book club discussion questions. Geye received his mfa from the university of new orleans and his phd from western michigan university, where he was editor of third coast. Howard greenes narratives are not only a grand adventure but a rare glimpse of life along northern waterways during the early 1900s. May 21, 2009 safe from the sea, by peter geye, 2009. 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. Actually, it was the debut novel of peter geye, safe from the sea. Jul 19, 2016 when the heat of summer starts to feel oppressive, pick up peter geyes latest novel, wintering, and experience the bracing cold of snowshoeing across a frozen lake. Geye has chosen a complex narrative strategy, one that mirrors the complexity of the relationships he dramatizes. John mandel geye is a masterful writer whose elegiac prose captures both the holiness and brutality of nature.
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