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1) Cloudstreet
Author
Language
English
Description
"After two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave the country for the bright lights of Perth. The Lambs are industrious, united, and--until God seems to turn His back on their boy Fish--religious. The Pickleses are gamblers, boozers, fractious, and unlikely landlords. Change, hardship, and the war force them to swallow their dignity and share a great, breathing, shuddering house called Cloudstreet. Over the next twenty years, they...
2) Breath
Author
Language
English
Description
Falling under the spell of an enigmatic extreme-sports surfer, a thrill-seeking pair of western Australian adolescents is initiated into a world of high-stakes adventures and dangerous boundary testing.
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First US edition.
Physical Desc
241 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A beautiful, evocative, and sometimes provocative memoir of Australia's unique landscape, and how that singular place has shaped Tim Winton and his writing. From boyhood, Winton's relationship with the world around him-rock pools, sea caves, scrub, and swamp-has been as vital as any other connection. Camping in hidden inlets, walking in high rocky desert, diving in reefs, bobbing in the sea between surfing sets, Winton has felt the place seep into...
5) The riders
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1995
Edition
1st Scribner ed.
Physical Desc
377 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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