The Turning: Stories - Brossura

Winton, Tim

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743279794 ISBN 13: 9780743279796

Casa editrice: Scribner, 2006

Riassunto

A collection of interlinked stories by a two-time Man Book Prize nominee is set in a small community on coastal western Australia and includes the stories of brothers who shun one another, ex-lovers who reunite to remember their incompatibility, and a man who returns to the site of a frightening childhood event. By the author of Dirt Music. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"The writing is frankly brilliant...each story attains a sort of powerful beauty. Winton shows us how startling ordinary life is."

-- The Boston Globe

"These stories have an austerity as lofty as the weather on this wild coast, and as capable of surprises."

-- The New York Times Book Review

"Tim Winton tenderly extends his broken characters a delicate grace."

-- Entertainment Weekly

"What John Steinbeck was to California's Central Valley, Tim Winton is to the coastal region of Western Australia.... Winton's ability to arrange the written word appears effortless."

-- San Francisco Chronicle

"The Turning is finely crafted without being showy; sincere and moving without any authorial tug at the heartstrings. The best stories are nearly -- what's the word I'm looking for? -- immaculate."

-- Bookforum

L'autore:

Tim Winton grew up on the coast of Western Australia, where he continues to live. He is the author of eighteen books. His epic novel Cloudstreet was adapted for the theater and has been performed around the world. His two most recent novels, Dirt Music and The Riders, were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Award three times, and in 1998 the Australian National Trust declared Winton a national living treasure. The Turning has already won the 2005 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.

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• Editore: Scribner
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743279794
• ISBN 13: 9780743279796
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 317