April 2011 Guest Editor Lesley Lokko on Tim Winton...
Another Australian who’s got a way with words. I read Dirt Music years ago and was blown away by his prose, his magical attention to details, landscapes, weather, emotions, particularly when things are going wrong between couples...just stunning. I then read Breath, a surfing-coming-of-age tale that’s about so much more than waves and wet dreams and decided that I wouldn’t let the Noughties end without a visit Down Under. I didn’t...and his descriptions, particularly of the Queensland coastline, were staggeringly accurate. A real gem of a writer.
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Like all good literature this is a novel on many levels. The exhilaration of danger, the power of the sea and the joy of youth challenging the elements sing from the pages, but beneath that is the pain of love, friendship and coming-of-age. This is a beautiful book.
Comparison: Sebastian Barry, Peter Carey, Kate Grenville.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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'Exhilarating' - Sunday Times
'Rapturous' - Sunday Telegraph
'A remarkable tale of grace and danger' - Financial Times
When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than anyone what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. Bruce remembers what it was like to be a risk-taking kid, to feel that thrill and that fear . . .
Breath by Tim Winton is the story of Bruce and his best friend Loonie, and the surfing obsession that changed both of their lives. It is about the exhilaration of the sea and the waves, the treacherous addiction to risk, and the intoxicating power of forbidden love.
Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Breath features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Breath is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Breath was written by Tim Winton and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
Breath has 246 pages
Yes it is part of Picador Collection series
£9.89
