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‘Tim Winton is the real thing: a writer who can photograph a thought and pluck out the beat of a soul on a washing line’ Scotland on Sunday
In this, Tim Winton’s first collection of short stories, the world he paints is often harsh and disturbing, inhabited by isolated, unforgiving characters. It is a world at once familiar, filled with the trappings of home and family, and yet also strangely twisted; a world where casual brutality and unexpected death are never far from the surface. Evident in a young girl’s violent temper once the eggs she has so jealously guarded finally hatch, or in the careless indifference of the woman stepping over a soldier’s spreadeagled body, Tim Winton’s world is a place where dysfunction and disorder constantly threaten the equilibrium. But there is compassion and beauty there too – whether it’s in the brush of a father’s hand against his young son’s cheek, or the neighbours who wait patiently to celebrate the arrival of a new baby.
‘Winton is boisterous and lyrical by turns; his sense of sentiment is unerringly accurate, his characters unforgettable. The emotional control exercised over his anarchic world puts Winton in the top drawer of Australian fiction’ Daily Telegraph
‘Winton’s compassionate and humorous writing is nothing short of magnificent. If you can imagine Neighbours taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck and Gabriel García Márquez, you’re close’ Time Out
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An extraordinary collection of tales about breaking hearts and jagged lives, from a master of the short story.
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Tim Winton was born in Perth in 1960. He is the author of fifteen books, including novels, a collection of stories, non-fiction and books for children. He has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice, for The Riders (1995) and Dirt Music (2002).
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- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 2743627336
- ISBN 13 9782743627331
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: NEUF. Une jeune fille voit l'arrivée de son beau-père d'un oeil inquiet ; un père et son fils tentent de trouver dans l'amour qui les lie la force de résister aux vents contraires du destin.Subtiles et émouvantes, les treize nouvelles de ce recueil, publié en 1985 en Australie, évoquent ces moments où tout vacille, où l'équilibre précaire que chacun tente de construire se trouve menacé. Plus connu en France et en Australie pour ses romans, Tim Winton s'impose avec Scission comme un nouvelliste de talent, dans la lignée de Raymond Carver. - Nombre de page(s) : 180 - Poids : 250g - Langue : ANGLAIS (AUSTRALIE) - Genre : Littérature Anglo-Saxonne LITTERATURE ETRANGERE RIVAGES. Seller Inventory # N9782743627331
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