The Boy Behind the Curtain: Notes From an Australian Life - Couverture souple

Winton, Tim

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 150981695X ISBN 13 : 9781509816958

Editeur : Picador, 2018

Synopsis

Eclectic and impassioned, a collection that affirms the power of the written word.' – Observer

The Boy Behind the Curtain is a portrait of a life, a place and a man.

In this deeply personal collection of true stories and essays Tim Winton shows how moments from his childhood and life growing up have shaped his views on class, faith, fundamentalism, the environment, and – most pressingly – how all his experiences have made him a writer.

From unexpected links between car crashes and faith, surfing and writing, to the story of his upbringing in the changing Australian landscape, The Boy Behind the Curtain is an impassioned, funny, joyous, astonishing collection of memories, and Winton's most personal book to date.

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: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 150981695X
• ISBN 13: 9781509816958
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible