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Lovely and gently humorous book --Daily Mail
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On childhood holidays to the western coast, Tim Winton’s days followed a joyous rhythm. In the mornings, the sun and surf kept him outside, in the water. In the afternoons, as the horizon wobbled with mirages and the wind came in from the ocean, he was driven inside, to books. In the ‘simple, peculiar shack’ that his family borrowed each year there was a small library: a room with four walls of books, a world unto itself. In this beautifully delicate memoir, Winton writes about his obsession with what happens where the water meets the shore – about diving, dunes, beachcombing – and the sense of being on the precarious, wondrous edge of things that haunts his novels. It is a book about the ebb and flow that became a way of life, and that shaped one of our finest writers. ‘Both a serial romantic and a truly gifted novelist’ Mariella Frostrup, Mail on Sunday
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By LuckyLotus
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Eyres Rock, kangaroos and koalas etc. are not in Tim Winton's memoir. Nothing of any tourism spin here.
What is an Australian? An Aboriginal, an immigrant European or what precisely?
Defining self, identity and culture within landscape is complex.
Tim Winton expresses the sensation and feel, the love and fear, the narrative and the poetic beauty, by this, sharing his experience, enabling you to know him and his west Ozzie world .
Such a real feel for the physicality of Australia: a young kid coming to know his landscape and environment, deciphering the nature of the people he's growing up amongst and sensing the meanings in the relationship between people and place. Discovering himself in all 10 dimensions.
Beautifully elucidated sensations: of sand, heat, surf, ocean swimming, bare feet, of 'now' time and place, is combined with the parallel awakening to the wonder of words and language, of knowledge of other contexts and times, thoughts and experiences. And, an identity developing and being defined.
Can't recommend this highly enough. If you're planning a trip to Oz, read this first, you'll find the insights you take away from it will enlarge your travel experience greatly. If you've been to Australia, this book will spike your head with memories and sensations, replaying like a film, also perhaps, initiate the revelation of a few things you failed to come to know.
Or just read it for it's insight, beauty and poetry.
For this Aussie-Brit/Brit-Aussie, Tim Winton's memoir is magic, and treasure most precious. Read it!
What is an Australian? An Aboriginal, an immigrant European or what precisely?
Defining self, identity and culture within landscape is complex.
Tim Winton expresses the sensation and feel, the love and fear, the narrative and the poetic beauty, by this, sharing his experience, enabling you to know him and his west Ozzie world .
Such a real feel for the physicality of Australia: a young kid coming to know his landscape and environment, deciphering the nature of the people he's growing up amongst and sensing the meanings in the relationship between people and place. Discovering himself in all 10 dimensions.
Beautifully elucidated sensations: of sand, heat, surf, ocean swimming, bare feet, of 'now' time and place, is combined with the parallel awakening to the wonder of words and language, of knowledge of other contexts and times, thoughts and experiences. And, an identity developing and being defined.
Can't recommend this highly enough. If you're planning a trip to Oz, read this first, you'll find the insights you take away from it will enlarge your travel experience greatly. If you've been to Australia, this book will spike your head with memories and sensations, replaying like a film, also perhaps, initiate the revelation of a few things you failed to come to know.
Or just read it for it's insight, beauty and poetry.
For this Aussie-Brit/Brit-Aussie, Tim Winton's memoir is magic, and treasure most precious. Read it!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Vixen
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
As someone who grow up in Western Australia I loved this but I am sure it will appeal to others just as much.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I enjoyed this account of Wintons years growing up and how important living by the coast is for him, he relates this very well. I was just suprised how short the book was. when it finished, I thought is that it. I suppose I wanted more.
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A memoir that leaves it's mark
I really enjoyed reading Land's Edge; it's an easy read which allows your mind to wander to a time and place that is fresh and vibrant. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Mr. R. N. Lock
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Beautifully written
I read this book on my trip back from Majorca and it took almost precisely the flight time (about 2 hours) to finish it. Can't ask more than that. Read more
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Memories of Australia
I first heard this book on BBC Radio 4 Book of the week programme and it gave such vivid descriptions of the Western Australian coast that I bought it and have enjoyed reading it... Read more
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Bought as a present for daughter, who is a Marine Biologist. I had heard book being read out on radio and thought she would find it interesting. Read more
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The book has a lovely 'feel' with a very tactile cover. I had bought the book for my 11-year-old nephew who lives in WA, but I'm not sure it's something he'd find interesting to... Read more
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A tad tardy but a good read nonetheless
Bought this ebook after hearing an excerpt from Radio 4 Book of the Week on March 24th. Intrigued by how different the west coast of Australia is from little ole England. Read more
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