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.
"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
"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
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