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Island Home
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From boyhood, Tim Winton's relationship with the world around him?rock pools, sea caves, scrub, and swamp?has been as vital as any other connection. Camping in hidden inlets, walking in high rocky desert, diving in reefs, bobbing in the sea between surfing sets, Winton has felt the place seep into him, and learned to see landscape as a living process. In
, Winton brings this landscape?and its influence on the island nation's identity and art?vividly to life through personal accounts and environmental history.
Wise, rhapsodic, exalted?in language as unexpected and wild as the landscape it describes?
is a brilliant, moving portrait of Australia from one of its finest writers, the prize-winning author of
,
, and
, among other acclaimed titles.
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“I’ve been in love/obsessed with Tim Winton’s writing since 2004, when a work colleague lent me <i>Cloudstreet</I>. <br/><br/>Truth be told, there aren’t that many prestigious writers, artists or scientists who came from Western Australia. While it’s the biggest state in Australia, it’s what I would call a mainly blue-collar state, where mining, agriculture and other primary industries prevail. It’s conservative and a bit backwards. I say this with love. Anyway, Tim Winton is a Western Australian treasure. (I cringe as I write this, but I can’t come up with a better expression). <br/><br/>This was the first non-fiction book by Tim Winton that I’ve read.<br/><br/><i>Island Home </I> is an ode in prose to Australia, in particular to Western Australia. How timely that I read this book, just as I am about to turn fifteen years of living in Perth, Western Australia. <br/>The land and the ocean, the environment, have been protagonists in all Winton’s books, because geography shapes us. <br/><br/>Tim Winton has the uncanny ability to make me feel me homesick for Perth, for Western Australia, a feeling that’s usually reserved for one’s childhood environment/country. I’m afraid I don’t have the ability to fully convey how his books make me feel, except that I’m always enthralled.<br/><br/>This collection of essays was another example of Winton’s craftsmanship and proof of his love for the land and the ocean. Tim Winton is an ardent supporter of the marine environment, of protecting the environment, so much so, he’s put aside his obvious apprehension of being in the spotlight to become a spokesperson for different environmental causes. I admire him greatly.<br/><br/>I enjoyed learning some more things about Western Australia’s history and I particularly liked Tim Winton’s childhood recollections. And the fact that I know most of the places, although many just by name, made this book even more special. <br/><br/>Partly a memoir, partly “a call to arms” as the review in the Guardian called it, </I>Island Home</i> is informative, memorable and enlightening.<br/><br/><i>David Tredinnick, the narrator of this audiobook, was superb!</I><br/><br/>Last year, a dream came true: I got 7 of Tim Winton's books signed by him. Even he was impressed with the number of books I brought to the signing. :-) <br/>https://images.gr-assets.com/photos/1476320814p8/1763445.jpg<br/><br/><br/><i>I've read this to go towards the Aussie Author Challenge hosted by Book Lover Book Reviews at http://bookloverbookreviews.com/reading-challenges/aussie-author-challenge-2017 </I>”
About Tim Winton
has published twenty-six books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel,
, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for
, and
) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for
and
). His fiction published in the United States includes
and
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2014 and 2008) and
(Scribner, 2002). He lives in Western Australia.
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