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(0)Tim Winton
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Language
English
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In The Shepherd's Hut, Winton crafts the story of Jaxie Clackton, a brutalized rural youth who flees from the scene of his father's violent death and strikes out for the vast wilds of Western Australia. All he carries with him is a rifle and a waterjug. All he wants is peace and freedom. But surviving in the harsh saltlands alone is a savage business. And once he discovers he's not alone out there, all Jaxie's plans go awry. He meets a fellow exile,...
2) Breath
Author
Language
English
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Description
Now a major motion picture, starring Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, and Richard Roxburgh.
Breath, by renowned Australian author Tim Winton, is a story of risk, of learning one's limits by challenging death.
On the wild, lonely coast of Western Australia, two thrill-seeking teenage boys fall under the spell of a veteran big-wave surfer named Sando. Their mentor urges them into a regiment of danger and challenge, and
Author
Language
English
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Description
"An exhilarating new book from Australia's most acclaimed writer Tim Winton is Australia's most decorated and beloved literary novelist. Short-listed twice for the Booker Prize and the winner of a record four Miles Franklin Awards for Best Australian Novel, he has a gift for language virtually unrivaled among English-language novelists. His work is both tough and tender, primordial and new--always revealing the raw, instinctual drives that lure us...
Author
Language
English
Description
From boyhood, Tim Winton's relationship with the world around him- rock pools, sea caves, scrub, and swamp- has been as vital as any other connection. Camping in hidden inlets, walking in high rocky desert, diving in reefs, bobbing in the sea between surfing sets, Winton has felt the place seep into him, and learned to see landscape as a living process. In Island Home, Winton brings this landscape, and its influence on the island nation's identity...
7) The deep
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Alice overcomes her fear of deep water when playful dolphins visit her family's beach.
8) Cloudstreet
Publisher
Acorn
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (365 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two flawed families, each scarred by catastrophe, find a home for their hearts in an acclaimed Australian miniseries. Adapted by Tim Winton from his award-winning novel, set around Perth from 1943-63, it's gripping, poignant, and gorgeous. The Lambs are hardworking and God-fearing, the Pickles are luckless and derelict, yet they find common ground beneath the same roof. Exquisitely filmed with an outstanding ensemble cast led by Kerry Fox.
Publisher
Madman Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 DVD-video (172 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm + 1 booklet
Language
English
Description
Tim Winton's turning is a unique cinema event. Seventeen talented Australian directors from diverse artistic disciplines each create a chapter of the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. The linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary peoples lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter,...
10) Dirt music
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The fervent attraction between Georgie, a woman stuck in a loveless relationship, and Lu, a musician with a tragic past, gets the better of them when secrets are uncovered that will change their lives.
11) Breath
Publisher
FilmRise
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on Tim Winton's award-winning and international bestselling novel set in mid-70s coastal Australia. Two teenage boys, hungry for discovery, form an unlikely friendship with a mysterious older adventurer who pushes them to take risks that will have a lasting and profound impact on their lives.
12) Dirt Music
Author
Language
English
Description
The stunning landscape of Western Australia is the backdrop for an impassioned tale of love and grief in Gregor Jordan's adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Tim Winton.