Tim Winton's first Miles Franklin winner, Shallows, revolves around the ruthless commerce of whaling, and Queenie Cookson, who joins the fight to end it.
No.1 Australian Bestseller. Author Published Internationally. Whales have always been the life-force of Angelus, a small town on the south coast of Western Australia. Their annual passinig defines the rythms of a life where little changes, and the town depends on their carcasses. So when the battle begins on the beaches outside the town, and when
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Tim Winton's first Miles Franklin winner, Shallows, revolves around the ruthless commerce of whaling, and Queenie Cookson, who joins the fight to end it.
No.1 Australian Bestseller. Author Published Internationally. Whales have always been the life-force of Angelus, a small town on the south coast of Western Australia. Their annual passinig defines the rythms of a life where little changes, and the town depends on their carcasses. So when the battle begins on the beaches outside the town, and when
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Angelus is a frontier town with a dark colonial past. And, for a century and a half, it’s been a whaling port first and foremost.Queenie Cookson comes from a long line of whalers, but she loves the majestic creatures that visit every winter, so when citified conservationists descend on her community to protest, she’s torn between loyalties.And everything solid around her begins to come apart.
Critic Reviews
'Shallows is a profound and inspiring work of fiction.' -- The Age
'It makes the heart pound.' -- The Los Angeles Times
'A moving and powerful elegy ... Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world.' -- The Observer
'Full of strikingly described action ... an imaginative reconstruction of primitive whaling and the personal suffering involved ... Tim Winton, in this admirable novel, deals with pride, loneliness, longing for love and the struggle between nostalgic heroes and the heroism of compassion.' -- The Times
About the Author
Tim Winton has published 20 books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into 25 languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize. A passionate environmentalist, he currently lives on the Western Australian coast with his wife and three children. Tracey Callander has worked extensively in theatre, film, television and radio. Her television credits include The Anzacs, Prisoner, A Country Practice, Acropolis Now, Neighbours, The Man From Snowy River and State Coroner. Tracey has appeared in various television commercials and has sung with a number of bands.
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