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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 fragmented, hilarious, crude, mystical soap opera. In a rich Australian idiom, Winton lets his characters rip against an evocation of Perth so intense you can smell it’ Sunday Telegraph Cloudstreet – a broken-down house of former glories on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories of its own, a place of shudders and shadows and spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families flee to the city and find themselves sharing this great sighing structure and beginning their lives again from scratch. Together they roister and rankle in a house that begins as a roof over their heads and becomes a home for their hearts. In this fresh, funny novel, full of wonder and dreams, Tim Winton weaves the threads of lifetimes, of twenty years of shouting and fighting, laughing and grafting, into a story about acceptance and belonging. ‘Imagine Neighbours being taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck and Gabriel García Márquez and you’ll be close to the heart of Winton’s impressive tale’ Time Out
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45 of 46 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.
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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.
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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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Wonderful story of life in Western Australia at the end of the 2nd...
Two families who have both suffered in some way come together to live in a large ramshakle old house which was bequeathed to one of them learn how to live together. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Mrs. L. Churchill-birch
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Cloudstreet
This is without doubt one of the best books I have ever read. I admit I watched the series on tv and then decided to read the book. Read more
Published 14 days ago by D Wilson
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Purchased for English course
This book was one of the most miserable books I have ever read and I really didn't enjoy reading it at all... Read more
Published 27 days ago by Mrs. S. J. Baldwin
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confusing and strange, with some 'australian' slang that made it hard...
dull, confusing and strange, with some 'australian' slang that made it hard to understand. Didn't bother to finish it. Dull.
Published 1 month ago by jan
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Read this so long ago now
The story of two families sharing a house. Sounds simple,no? But it is a magical, beautiful journey into Australias recent history - a journey well worth taking.
Published 1 month ago by Hege Usborne
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I was sorry to finish this book
If you like stories of families and how the interact - then this if for you. A great tale, set in Australia, detailing the ups and downs of two families living side by side; so... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Skibee
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Great
Been told great for those who can read. Does exactly what I bought it for! uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uh uhuh
Published 2 months ago by MR K P LEWIS
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Boring, Boring, Boring
I finished this book with the feeling that I had wasted 10 hours of my life reading it and perhaps the lesson I should learn was to put to one side those books with which I feel no... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Michael Bromfield
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Early Perth Au family story
I bought this to read whilst on holiday in Perth to get some local feel. The story of the two families, with a host of believable characters was difficult to put down. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Angela Priestley
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Brilliant
Read this book a few years ago and have just re read it. Its brilliant - fantastic characters - they really come to life.
Published 4 months ago by Cereda Kemp
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