Tim Winton behoort tot de meest gewaardeerde Australische romanschrijvers, met werken die de diepe verbindingen tussen mensen en hun omgeving onderzoeken. Zijn proza staat bekend om zijn zintuiglijke rijkdom en poëtische taal, die het Australische landschap en de psyche levendig vastleggen. Via zijn verhalen verkent Winton vaak thema's als familie, identiteit en de ingewikkelde relaties die menselijke levens vormgeven. Zijn betekenis ligt in zijn vermogen om onvergetelijke personages en krachtige emotionele ervaringen te creëren die wereldwijd resoneren bij lezers.
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.
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.
Following on from his gorgeous memoirs Land's Edge and Island Home, The Boy Behind the Curtain tells more remarkable true stories from Tim Winton: it is his most personal book to date.
The Shepherd's Hut is an exquisite, brutal coming of age novel. It tells the story of Jaxie, a boy on the run from his past, and explores the way love and hate combine to form a young man's beliefs.
Skeeta Anderson woke up one morning to find that his bum was gone. And not only his bum, but the bum of every single person in the town of Bugalugs. It's up to Skeeta to catch the thief . . .
Master storyteller Tim Winton delivers a tender and raw meditation on masculinity and power, violence and self-restraint, and on forgiveness and kindness as the ultimate acts of love.Jaxie dreads going home. His mother's dead, the old man beats him without mercy, and he doesn't know how much more he can take. Then, in one terrible moment of violence, the life he's known ends - forcing Jaxie to flee his sleepy hometown. He's not just running from the cops; he's headed north for the only person in the world who understands him.Carrying with him only a rifle and a waterjug, Jaxie traverses the vast, bare West Australian wheatbelt, staying out of sight long enough to reach the refuge of the salt country at the edge of the desert. But once he discovers he's not alone out there, all Jaxie's plans go awry.He meets a fellow exile, the ruined priest Fintan MacGillis, a man he's never certain he can trust, but on whom his life will soon depend. And what he finds out there will challenge everything he's ever thought about himself, about what's right and wrong, about love and death and survival. And it will haunt him forever.The Shepherd's Hut is an exquisite coming of age novel, with action that turns on the edge of a knife and an anti-hero who will break your heart.
A collection of short stories set in coastal Western Australia.
Featuring a series of interlinked stories, this collection showcases the author's skill in weaving complex narratives. Renowned for previous works like "Dirt Music" and "The Riders," the two-time Man Booker Prize nominee explores themes of connection and transformation, offering readers a rich tapestry of characters and experiences. Each story contributes to a larger narrative, inviting reflection on the nuances of life and relationships.
A wise, passionate and compelling investigation into how our landscape makes us who we are.
Twelve-year-old Morton, known as Ort, finds his life upended when his father is severely injured in a car accident. As Ort, along with his sister, mother, and grandmother, grapples with the aftermath, a mysterious stranger enters their lives, adding to their turmoil.