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More copies of this ISBN:The Turning: Storiesby Tim Winton
Powells.com Staff PickIt should come as no surprise that this collection of interconnected stories by Tim Winton is brilliant. The Turning is a compulsively readable look at people facing myriad turning points at different stages of their lives. Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Tim Winton's stunning collection of connected stories is about turnings of all kinds — changes of heart, slow awakenings, nasty surprises and accidents, sudden detours, resolutions made or broken. Brothers cease speaking to each other, husbands abandon wives and children, grown men are haunted by childhood fears. People struggle against the weight of their own history and try to reconcile themselves to their place in the world. With extraordinary insight and tenderness, Winton explores the demons and frailties of ordinary people whose lives are not what they had hoped.
Set on a coastal stretch of Western Australia, The Turning ranges in time from the seventies to the present. A few characters appear in several stories, gradually revealing themselves and the sources of their obsessions and rage. Winton is a master at capturing the urgency of memory, the way an entire life can be shaped by one event deep in the past. Yet these same broken lives often are illuminated and redeemed by nature, by the sheer magnificence of the Australian sky and sea. Right now, says the narrator of one story, I don't care what happens...In the hot northern dusk, the world suddenly gets big around us, so big we just give in and watch. In the presence of Tim Winton's immense talent, the reader, too, just gives in and listens. Review:"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 Review:"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 Review:"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 Synopsis:Set on a coastal stretch of Western Australia, Tim Winton's stunning collection of connected stories is about turnings of all kinds — changes of heart, slow awakenings, nasty surprises and accidents, sudden detours, resolves made or broken. Brothers cease speaking to each other, husbands abandon wives and children, grown men are haunted by childhood fears. People struggle against the weight of their own history and try to reconcile themselves to their place in the world. With extraordinary insight and tenderness, Winton explores the demons and frailties of ordinary people whose lives are not what they had hoped. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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