Breath by Tim Winton
Bruce Pike, or 'Pikelet', has lived all his short life in a tiny sawmilling town from where the thundering sea can be heard at night. He longs to be down there on the beach, amidst the pounding waves, but for some reason his parents forbid him. It's only when he befriends Loonie, the local wild boy, that he finally defies them.
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780330455718 |
| ISBN 10 | 0330455710 |
| Title | Breath |
| Author | Tim Winton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2008-05-02 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Prizes | Winner of Miles Franklin Literary Award 2009, Winner of Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Awards: Best Australian Book 2008, Winner of Age Book of the Year: Fiction 2008, Short-listed for Nielsen BookData/ABA Book of the Year Award - Booksellers' Choice 2009, Short-listed for NSW Premier's Literary Award Christina Stead Prize for Fiction 2009 |
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