Analysis
- The Turning: Study Guide
Download the Publisher's Guide for students of The Turning. "In these seventeen stories, Tim Winton traverses familiar territory, but views it through the prism of the short story, making the journey even more enticing. He takes you on a selective encounter with a number of people each of whom could have been a central character in any one of his novels ... " - The Turning: Movie Study Guide"In scope and ambition, The Turning (various directors, 2013) is a unique event in Australian film history. Based on Tim Winton’s short story collection of the same name, the film is an ensemble drama set in contemporary Western Australia ... "
- The Cycle of Love and Loss: Melancholic Masculinity in The Turning
"Short fiction has been noted as an exemplary genre for the exploration of grief. As Rochelle Almeida observes, it 'enables the writer and the reader to distil the very essence of personal loss by boiling human emotion down to the barest bones' ... " - Not Real but True: Tim Winton and the Spirit of Fiction"Novelist and short fiction writer Tim Winton, a committed and long-term Christian, is one of Australia's major literary figures and has a significant international reputation ... "
