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Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Land's Edge: A Coastal Memoir

Contributors:

By (Author) Tim Winton

ISBN:

9780143785972

Publisher:

Penguin Random House Australia

Imprint:

Penguin Random House Australia

Publication Date:

19th June 2017

Country:

Australia

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

112

Dimensions:

Width 130mm, Height 197mm, Spine 9mm

Weight:

114g

Description

On childhood holidays to the beach, the sun and surf kept Tim Winton outside in the mornings, in the water; the wind would drive him indoors in the afternoons, to books and reading. This ebb and flow of the day became a way of life. In this beautifully delicate memoir, Winton writes about his obsession with what happens where the water meets the shore - about diving, dunes, beachcombing - and the sense of being on the precarious, wondrous edge of things that haunts his novels. 'In this record of a life-long love affair with the sea, Tim Winton's prose ripples, shimmers and surges with awe and respect for how the ocean has not only sustained him physically and emotionally but determined the very rhythms of his life.' Fiona Capp, The Age 'Winton's homage to the ocean and his childhood ...A book to return to again and again.' Matt Condon, Sun Herald 'A love letter to the beach, an enchanting celebration of life on the edge.' Sydney Morning Herald

Author Bio

Tim Winton has published twenty-eight 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 Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.

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