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Breath Paperback - 2009

by Tim Winton

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Venturing beyond all limits--in relationships, physical challenge, and in sexual behavior--there is a point where oblivion is the only outcome. Full of Winton's lyrical genius for conveying physical sensation, "Breath" is a rich and atmospheric coming-of-age tale.

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This seller has earned a 3.89 of 5 Stars rating from internet customers.
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Readers praised the vivid, lyrical writing and immersive surf descriptions, finding the adolescent perspective compelling yet often unsettling. Many felt the final third shifts into a darker, mismatched storyline involving an adult–minor relationship, which some found off-putting. Enjoyment tended to track with interest in surfing; non?surfers were less engaged. The audiobook narration received strong praise.

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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 the boys test themselves and each other on storm swells and over shark-haunted reefs. The boys give no thought to what they could lose, or to the demons that drive their mentor on into ever-greater danger. Venturing beyond all caution--in sports, relationships, and sex--each character approaches a point from which none of them will return undamaged.

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  • Title Breath
  • Author Tim Winton
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador USA, NY
  • Publication date 2009-05-26
  • Features Movie/TV Tie-In
  • ISBN 9780312428396 / 0312428391
  • Weight 0.45 lbs (0.20 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Australian
    • Topical: Coming of Age
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Entertainment Weekly, 07/24/2015, Page 62
  • New York Times Book Review, 08/09/2009, Page 20
  • People Weekly, 07/13/2009, Page 47

About the author

Tim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. He has published numerous books, 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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