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Breath (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for BreathVenturing beyond all limits--in relationships, physical challenge, and in sexual behavior--there is a point where oblivion is the only outcome. Full of Winton's lyrical genius for conveying physical sensation, "Breath" is a rich and atmospheric coming-of-age tale.
Full description- Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
- Published: 27 May 2008
- Format: Hardback 217 pages
- See: Full bibliographic data
- Categories: Contemporary Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780374116347 ISBN 10: 0374116342
- Sales rank: 119,235
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Reviews for Breath
Underwhelming
This was my first Tim Winton book and I must say I was underwhelmed - to the point of just wishing it would end so I could get onto something more rewarding.
It was a book I've longed wanted to read after seeing extracts that seemed to suggest a literary wordsmith. Winton also has a solid reputation with Australian literary critics.
Breath starts out as a promising story about the nature of adrenaline junkies but then gets lost in a reminiscence about a surfing adolescence. Overlayed is a rather clichéd introspection about failing as a father but being a good bloke underneath it all.
Its almost as if the author lost interest and decided to write about surfing because that's where his comfort zone is. Maybe this is why he lost me - I have never surfed. by Michael A. Crowe
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