The light between oceans novel6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() The current lighthouse keeper on Janus has been relieved of his duty the isolation and harsh conditions taking its toll on his sanity. A graveyard of shipwreck victims occupies a part of the island and, to protect the difficult trade route from further disaster, a lighthouse now dominates small Janus. Barely large enough to sustain a living for a few people, Janus inhabits troubled waters where the Indian Ocean and the Southern Ocean meet. Janus Rock is a tiny island off the south-western coast of Australia. A story of characters facing difficult moral choices, the reader’s admiration for this novel will have a lot to do with their ability to sympathise with the characters fateful decisions. As well as the intriguing story, the novel is laden with the ghosts of the First World War. Well-crafted, it is a light read that carries considerable emotional weight and sits comfortably on the frontier between popular and literary fiction. ![]() The Light Between Oceans is an admirable debut novel, soon to be released as a film starring Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz and Alicia Vikander. ![]()
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