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Shallows (Picador Books)
Tim Winton
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Description for Shallows (Picador Books)
Paperback. 'That rare thing, not historical fiction, but fiction which brings the history of a place to life' Washington Post Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 254.
Tim Winton brings the landscape to life in Shallows, a historical fiction novel about pride and loneliness.
One hundred and fifty years after the establishment of land-based whaling in Australia, its last outpost is Angelus, a small town already struggling for survival. Long-dormant passions are awakened by the arrival of the conservationists, who threaten the town’s livelihood and disturb the fragile peace under which its inhabitants live.
‘A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world.’ –Observer
Product Details
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330319645
SKU
V9780330319645
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99-50
About Tim Winton
Tim Winton has published twenty-six books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. 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 ... Read more
Reviews for Shallows (Picador Books)
All this is dazzling, dazzling. It makes the heart pound.
Los Angeles Times
A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world.
Observer
A major work by anyone’s standards . . . mysterious, painful and beautiful.
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world.
Observer
A major work by anyone’s standards . . . mysterious, painful and beautiful.
Washington Post