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The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse | Alison Moore
11 posts | 10 read | 14 to read
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012. On the outer deck of a North Sea ferry stands Futh, a middle-aged and newly separated man, on his way to Germany for a restorative walking holiday. After an inexplicably hostile encounter with a hotel landlord, Futh sets out along the Rhine. As he contemplates an earlier trip to Germany and the things he has done in his life, he does not foresee the potentially devastating consequences of things not done.
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rachaich
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Mehso-so

Odd... still not entirely sure I got the whole story...

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rachaich
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Random pick from the library.
It's a short novel, less than 200 pages.
I'm finding it quite confusing as the time differences, the narrator age, isn't clearly defined all the time. But that also makes it very cleverly written.

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SeeJaneRead
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Umm you couldn‘t get a dog so you got STICK INSECTS???? Bruh. That‘s now how this works. That‘s not how any of this works...

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MrBook
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#TBRtemptation post 2! This shorter book, a debut novel, has been short-listed for a number of prizes and awards. On a North Sea ferry heading to Germany for a restorative holiday, Furth, middle-aged and newly separated, contemplates a previous trip to Germany and his life in general. What he has *not* done, that can be most devastating of all. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

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DreesReads
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An unusual book, I can see why this was shortlisted for the #bookerprize -- but I have so many questions! Starting with--is Futh related to Ester? They have a lot of odd things in common, and his grandfather fled Germany after "trouble" with a girl. Plus, the ending. This would be a great book club book--so much to discuss!!

Penny_LiteraryHoarders I loved this one! I was the only one in my book club that did. 😊 I read it so long ago though that my brain is too fuzzy to help answer your questions. 😂 7y
DreesReads @Penny_LiteraryHoarders I can see how people might not like this, it's a little odd. But I did really like it!! 7y
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DreesReads
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Next up for fiction! Apparently I marked this as "to-read" on Goodreads--in 2012! ?

MrBook 😻😻😻 7y
MrBook Better late than never. 😉👍🏻 7y
emilyesears I have many, many books on my GR TBR that I added over2 years ago so I feel this. New releases make it hard to read those backlist books. 7y
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DreesReads
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My #libraryhaul today. None of these were holds, I picked them all off the shelves. Poetry, in translation, short stories. I don't know where I will start!

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BookNAround
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The book that was lost? I found it! (Under the cookbook shelf so clearly someone or some household furry knocked my stack off the table and didn't fess up.)

Purrfectpages Cute kitty! 8y
BookNAround Thanks @Purrfectpages! Jazz-man does not appreciate my paparazzi instincts much but he's a good looking boy for sure. 8y
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jhod
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Libby1
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#MarchIntoReading
#Lighthouses

I picked up this Booker Prize nominee just last week. It features a man on his way to Germany, but that's all I know about it at the moment.

Perfect.