Tim Winton stands as one of Australia's most esteemed novelists, with works that delve into the profound connections between people and their environment. His prose is renowned for its sensory richness and poetic language, vividly capturing the Australian landscape and psyche. Through his narratives, Winton frequently explores themes of family, identity, and the intricate relationships that shape human lives. His significance lies in his ability to craft unforgettable characters and powerful emotional experiences that resonate with readers globally.
This text is a comprehensive, authoritative, and illustrated history of the Royal Navy from its earliest times to the present day. This edition is updated to include recent operations in the first and second Gulf wars.
A dazzling collection of extraordinary Australian landscapes from internationally acclaimed photographer, Richard Woldendorp, accompanied by an engaging essay from Tim Winton, examining his personal responses to the land.
Startling, wry, lyrical, and beguiling photographs and passionate commentary document the landscape and people of Australia's interior in this panoramic volume. 331 color illustrations.
In these extraordinary tales about ordinary people from ordinary places, Tim Winton describes turnings of all kinds: second thoughts, changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, abrupt transitions. The seventeen stories overlap to paint a convincing and cohesive picture of a world where people struggle against the terrible weight of their past and challenge the lives they have made for themselves. 'Always a writer of crystalline prose, his lines of sinewy leanness achieve such clarity here that it seems one is reading line after line of perfect music . . . To read Winton is to be reminded not just of the possibilities of fiction but of the human heart' The Times 'The laureate of Western Australia is back . . . this is like Carver, happily with a very large dose of Winton' Time Out 'These stories are threaded through with subtleties and oblique connections; to be fully appreciated, they need to be read more than once. But Winton's writing -vigorous, vivid, precise - is so good that you'd want to do that anyway' Sunday Times
Acclaimed author Tim Winton delivers a compelling narrative that resonates with contemporary themes in this upcoming novel. With a reputation bolstered by two Booker Prize nominations, Winton's latest work promises to be a significant contribution to modern literature, exploring relevant issues and human experiences. Set to release in October 2024, it is anticipated as a must-read for fans of profound storytelling.
Skeeta Anderson wakes up one summer morning to fi nd that part of him is gone, something he thought he’d never miss – his bum.He discovers that almost every single backside in the town of Bugalugs has been stolen – and 496 bums is a lot of bums to go missing without a trace. It’s up to Skeeta to catch the thief. And the embarrassed people of Bugalugs find it hard to own up ...A wonderfully silly story for kids from one of Australia’s best writers.
‘A fragmented, hilarious, crude, mystical soap opera. In a rich Australian idiom, Winton lets his characters rip against an evocation of Perth so intense you can smell it’ Sunday Telegraph Cloudstreet – a broken-down house of former glories on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories of its own, a place of shudders and shadows and spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families flee to the city and find themselves sharing this great sighing structure and beginning their lives again from scratch. Together they roister and rankle in a house that begins as a roof over their heads and becomes a home for their hearts. In this fresh, funny novel, full of wonder and dreams, Tim Winton weaves the threads of lifetimes, of twenty years of shouting and fighting, laughing and grafting, into a story about acceptance and belonging. ‘Imagine Neighbours being taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck and Gabriel García Márquez and you’ll be close to the heart of Winton’s impressive tale’ Time Out
Booker Prize nominee Tim Winton continues to astonish critics and captivate readers with this Australian love story about people stifled by grief and regret; a novel about the odds of breaking with the past.
Abe and his mother earn their living from the sea and the land at Longboat Bay - He is diving one day when he meets Blueback, a huge groper, and begins a friendship that changes his life.