Tim Winton s'impose comme l'un des romanciers les plus estimés d'Australie, ses œuvres explorant les liens profonds entre les individus et leur environnement. Sa prose est réputée pour sa richesse sensorielle et son langage poétique, capturant avec vivacité le paysage et la psyché australiens. À travers ses récits, Winton aborde fréquemment les thèmes de la famille, de l'identité et des relations complexes qui façonnent les vies humaines. Sa pertinence réside dans sa capacité à créer des personnages inoubliables et des expériences émotionnelles puissantes qui résonnent auprès des lecteurs du monde entier.
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.
La cabale de Jaxie Clackton est un roman d'apprentissage à la fois exquis et brutal. Il raconte l'histoire de Jaxie, un jeune homme en fuite face à son passé, et explore la manière dont l'amour et la haine se mêlent pour façonner les croyances d'un jeune homme.
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.
Set against the backdrop of surfing, the narrative captures the exuberance and recklessness of youth. It explores themes of adventure, self-discovery, and the bonds formed through shared experiences in the ocean. The story's vibrant energy and the characters' journey resonate with the thrill of surf culture, making it a compelling tale that has been adapted into a film by Simon Baker.
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.
A collection of short stories set in coastal Western Australia.
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.
Das australische Outback wird von Bill Bachman und Tim Winton eindrucksvoll gewürdigt, ohne Schönfärberei oder nostalgische Verklärung. Jedes Jahr zieht es immer mehr Touristen in den Busch, um das authentische Australien zu erleben. Der Fotograf und Autor dieses Bildbandes hat es gefunden. Das „andere Australien“ existiert tatsächlich. Die Landschaften und Menschen im Landesinneren, eine einzigartige Mischung aus Naturschauspiel, Wellblecharchitektur, Cowboy-Romantik und skurrilen Charakteren, prägen weiterhin die australische Kultur. Bill Bachman kommentiert diese beeindruckende Bildszenerie mit ungeschönten Reportagen, witzigen Anekdoten und kenntnisreichen Anmerkungen, die das harte Leben im Busch realistisch darstellen. Tim Winton, ein bekannter australischer Romancier, ergänzt die Darstellung des Outbacks mit Texten, die dem Kontinent der Abenteurer und skurrilen Typen eine unsentimentale Poesie verleihen. Bill Bachman, 1952 in den USA geboren, lebt seit 1973 in Australien und hat sich als Fotojournalist einen Namen gemacht. Seine Arbeiten sind in internationalen Zeitschriften und renommierten Kunstsammlungen vertreten. Tim Winton, 1960 in Perth geboren, wurde für seine Romane mit zahlreichen Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet, darunter der Miles Franklin Award, und vier seiner Werke wurden verfilmt.
Contents: An open swimmer -- That eye, the sky -- In the winter dark.
An extradorinarily rich visual celebration of the Australian interior's landscape and people.
Fred Scully waits at the arrival gate of an international airport, anxious to see his wife and seven-year-old daughter. After two years in Europe they are finally settling down. He sees a new life before them, a stable outlook, and a cottage in the Irish countryside that he's renovated by hand. He's waited, sweated on this reunion. He does not like to be alone - he's that kind of man. The flight lands, the glass doors hiss open, and Scully's life begins to go down in flames.
Samlet udgave af novellesamlingerne: "Scission" (1985) og "Minimum of two" (1987)
`That rare thing, not historical fiction, but fiction which brings the history of a place to life' Washington Post
With an introduction by Philip Hensher. Winton's Miles Franklin award-winning masterpiece. No. 1 Cloudstreet: a broken-down house on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories, with shudders and shadows and spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families - the Pickles and Lambs - flee to the city and find themselves thrown together, forced to start their lives afresh. As they roister and rankle, the place that began as a roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts. Winner of Australia's prestigious Miles Franklin Award, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's great family drama, a twenty-year story of life and love, full of boisterous energy, joy and heartbreak. His visceral evocation of the Australian landscape is nowhere more extraordinary than in this classic.
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 . . .
