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Elizabeth Ward "The Washington Post""Cloudstreet" gets you inside the very skin of postwar working-class australians the way joyce makes you feel like a turn-of-the-century dubliner...people get up from where they have fallen, they try, they keep on. above all, they laugh at themselves, sometimes bitterly, but much more often riotously.
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‘A generous watery epic . . . Winton is just one of the best’ Independent
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Winton has a sentimental affection for Western Audtralia and the land. However, Cloudstreet pays homage to ordinary people without the sentimentality that has spoilt similar novels. His characters are fundamentally decent people, coping with life's problems they best way they know how. Winton loves them enough to offer no excuses for their failings. Imagine people with nothing in common thrust into a house creaking with its own secrets and you have a reason to read cloudstreet. The novel sweeps through the years and its issues painlessly. The balance of humour and realism is wonderful. Winton has an unpretentious style which is easy to understand and sympathise with. He obviously loves these characters and you will come to as well. It's not a short novel, but it is well worth the effort. I am on my third read, and it is different every time. A book worth having.
44 of 45 people found the following review helpful
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"Cloudstreet" tells fantastic stories which are undiminished by the normality of its characters. Set in Australia 1930s-1960s, it tells the tale of the Pickles family and the Lamb family. Both families, suffering from tragedy and shame, move into a large ramshackle house on Cloud Street, and the stage is set for each character to tell their story as it entwines seamlessly with the lives of those around them.
No character in this book is dislikeable - the very humanity of each individual, the way that they are formed by their failings and triumphs, makes you truly care about them. Whether they be unfulfilled Dolly Pickles, guilt-ridden Quick Lamb, dreaming optimistic Sam Pickles or hard-working Lester Lamb, these people jump off the page and become your neighbour/friend/enemy.
'Cloudstreet' is fiercely funny, painfully moving, and above all an utterly captivating triumph of love, and life, over adversity.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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This is an amazing book. Tim Winton has such a remarkable gift for writing characters that you can really visualise. His descriptions are breath taking and the characters are incredibly funny people, faulted as all people are, but loveable none the less. You will not be able to put this down and when you finish reading it, I suggest you read it again because its even better the second time.
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Best modern read in 10 years - Tim Winton my new fave author
I was attracted by trailers to watch Cloudstreet on Sky Atlantic but found some of it hardgoing and had to watch repeats too. Read more
Published 17 days ago by M. Hardy
Best Book I have listened to for ages
I listened to this book as an audiobook. I loved it. I loved the sweep of it, the development of the characters over 20 years, their idiosyncrasies and ultimately their... Read more
Published 1 month ago by NoQlu
a little taste of WA
I read this book as a brit abroad when we were living in a Perth suburb close to where Cloudstreet is set. Read more
Published 2 months ago by rosie c
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the story did not grab me as a book usually does, but as I had watched the tv series I wanted to understand more, sadly, I didn;t
the story did not grab me as a book usually does, but as I had watched the tv series I wanted to understand more, sadly, I didn;t
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. Marjorie Moore
Poetic
My son sent this book to me for my birthday in January this year. It is one of the best books I've read for ages. It's poetic. Read more
Published 2 months ago by J. P. Hayes
A beautifully written book
A joy to read, this book has all the elements; characters that have depth and that you can relate to, wonderful descriptions of the scenery and of the house on Cloudstreet which is... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jackso
Enjoyable and entertaining read
I ordered this for the Kindle after missing an episode of the TV dramatisation, and I'm glad I did. Spanning 20 years in the lives of two Australian families who become intertwined... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Fell from Grace
Just Stunning
An astonishingly good book. I came to it via the tv series which I thought superb, then discovered the book was head and shoulders above it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Lea
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
I have just finished Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, which is a drama on Tv at the moment (sky Atlantic) and I loved it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by P. A. Cunningham
great book
I bought this book as was attracted to it by the tv series currently showing. It is about two families living alongside each other in an old house. Read more
Published 4 months ago by acdc
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