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Tim Winton
Tim Winton
Tim Winton began his first novel, An Open Swimmer (1982), at the age of 19, while on a Creative Writing course at Curtin University, Perth. It won the Australian/Vogel National Literary Award, and he has since made his living as a full-time writer. Read more.
- An Interview with Tim Winton"Born in Western Australia in 1960, Tim Winton is a prolific Australian author who is actively involved in the Australian environmental movement ... "
- Fathercare in Tim Winton's Fiction" ... I intend to read Tim Winton's fiction in search for literary models for alternative fatherhood ... "
The Turning
The Turning
"The Turning comprises seventeen overlapping stories of second thoughts and mid-life regret set in the brooding small-town world of coastal Western Australia. Here are turnings of all kinds - changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours - where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they've made for themselves.
These elegiac stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate the moments when the light shines through" (AusLit, 2017). Read more.
In his highest selling Australian short story collection to date, Tim Winton presents seventeen overlapping stories of second thoughts and mid-life regret set in the brooding small-town world of coastal Western Australia. Here are turnings of all kinds - changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours - where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they've made for themselves. Beautifully crafted, and as tender as they are confronting, these elegant stories examine the darkness and frailty of ordinary people and celebrate the moments when the light shines through.
