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.
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.
Příběh Jaxieho Clacktona, brutálního venkovského mladíka, která prchá z místa násilné smrti svého otce do divočiny západní Austrálie. Má s sebou jen pušku a džbán na vodu. Chce jen mír a svobodu. Život v drsné solné poušti je ale tvrdý. Když zjistí, že tam není sám, všechny jeho plány se zvrhnou. Potkává zničeného kněze Fintana MacGillise, muže, o kterém si nikdy není jistý, zda mu může věřit, přesto ale bude jeho život na něm záviset. Pastýřova chata je napínavý příběh nepravděpodobného přátelství a touhy, brutální a lyrický. Tim Winton (4. 4. 1960) je nejoblíbenější australský romanopisec. Byl dvakrát nominován na Bookerovu cenu a je vítězem rekordních čtyř literárních cen Milese Franklina za nejlepší australský román. Jeho knihy jsou tvrdé, něžné a nové. Vždy odhaluje surové, instinktivní polohy, které má člověk v sobě.
From the Booker shortlisted author of Dirt Music and Cloudstreet, Eyrie is a heart-stoppingly moving novel for our times.
By 17 Bob McTavish was jobless and Australia"s first full-time career beach bum. Living off bread and bananas for months, eating spiders, sleeping in old cars, stowing away on a P&O liner to surf Hawaii, setting the standard for generations of surfers to come, carving out the surfing life that is now commonplace, Bob has done it all.
Venturing beyond all limits--in relationships, physical challenge, and in sexual behavior--there is a point where oblivion is the only outcome. Full of Winton's lyrical genius for conveying physical sensation, "Breath" is a rich and atmospheric coming-of-age tale.
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.
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
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.
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.
