Breath
May 2008 · Macmillan + ORM
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A story of risk and learning one's limits by challenging death—now a major motion picture starring Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, and Richard Roxburgh.
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
On the wild, lonely coast of Western Australia, two thrill-seeking teenage boys fall under the spell of a veteran big-wave surfer named Sando. Their mentor urges them into a regiment of danger and challenge, and the boys test themselves and each other on storm swells and over shark-haunted reefs. The boys give no thought to what they could lose, or to the demons that drive their mentor on into ever-greater danger. Venturing beyond all caution—in sports, relationships, and sex—each character approaches a point from which none of them will return undamaged.
"Stunning in the depth of its audacity . . . limitlessly beautiful prose." — The Washington Post Book World
"A tender, incisive, sometimes brutal, and always moving coming-of-age novel . . . The prose is always astonishing, the descriptions of sea and weather especially vivid . . . The book seems as simple, and as vital, as the act of breathing itself." — The Seattle Times
"Darkly exhilarating . . . a tautly gorgeous meditation on the inescapable human addiction to the monotony of drawing breath, 'whether you want to or not.'" — The New York Times Book Review
"A coming-of-age novel written with Tim Winton's customary tenderness and vivid sense of place and psychological truth . . . This is his most forceful and perfect novel to date." —Colm Tóibín, New York Times–bestselling author
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
On the wild, lonely coast of Western Australia, two thrill-seeking teenage boys fall under the spell of a veteran big-wave surfer named Sando. Their mentor urges them into a regiment of danger and challenge, and the boys test themselves and each other on storm swells and over shark-haunted reefs. The boys give no thought to what they could lose, or to the demons that drive their mentor on into ever-greater danger. Venturing beyond all caution—in sports, relationships, and sex—each character approaches a point from which none of them will return undamaged.
"Stunning in the depth of its audacity . . . limitlessly beautiful prose." — The Washington Post Book World
"A tender, incisive, sometimes brutal, and always moving coming-of-age novel . . . The prose is always astonishing, the descriptions of sea and weather especially vivid . . . The book seems as simple, and as vital, as the act of breathing itself." — The Seattle Times
"Darkly exhilarating . . . a tautly gorgeous meditation on the inescapable human addiction to the monotony of drawing breath, 'whether you want to or not.'" — The New York Times Book Review
"A coming-of-age novel written with Tim Winton's customary tenderness and vivid sense of place and psychological truth . . . This is his most forceful and perfect novel to date." —Colm Tóibín, New York Times–bestselling author
A story of risk and learning one's limits by challenging death—now a major motion picture starring Simon Baker, Elizabeth Debicki, and Richard Roxburgh.
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
On the wild, lonely coast of Western Australia, two thrill-seeking teenage boys fall und...
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Cynthia J Hamilton
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October 22, 2026
boring
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July 25, 2018
Highly recommend
About the author
Tim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. He has published numerous books, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music, and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.
Tim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. He has published numerous books, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four ti...
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