That Eye, The Sky

Tim Winton

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Penguin
05 January 1998

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

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That Eye, the Sky is Tim Winton's luminous novel about a boy's vision of the world beyond, and about finding a way through cataclysm.

That Eye, the Sky is Tim Winton's luminous novel about a boy's vision of the world beyond, and about finding a way through cataclysm.

Ort knows the sky is watching. He knows what it means to watch; he

spends long hours listening at doors and peering through cracks. Things

are terribly wrong. His father is withering away, his sister is consumed

by hatred, his grandmother is all inside herself, and his mother, a

flower-child of the 1960s, is brave but helpless. Then a strange man

appears at their door.

That Eye, the Sky is a novel about the miraculous power of love, and the blurry distinctions between

the natural and the supernatural. All this, and more, begins at the

moment the ute driven by Ort Flack's father ploughs into a roadside

tree, throwing the whole world out of kilter.

'The best book about a boy I've read since Huckleberry Finn.' Sydney Morning Herald

'A story of generosity, insight and originality.' Weekend Australian

'A wrenching story that proves that love like Ort's can prevail against hell itself.' Publisher's Weekly

By: Tim Winton
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 201mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 154g
ISBN: 9780140274042
ISBN 10: 0140274049
Pages: 150
Publication Date: 05 January 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active