The Turning - Couverture souple

Winton, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330441647 ISBN 13 : 9780330441643

Editeur : Picador, 2006

Synopsis

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".

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Tim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). In 2023 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to literature as an author and novelist, to conservation, and to environmental advocacy. He lives in Western Australia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Picador
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330441647
• ISBN 13: 9780330441643
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible