Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday.
Winner of the Miles Franklin Award and recognised as one of the greatest works of Australian literature, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's sprawling, comic epic about luck and love, fortitude and forgiveness, and the magic of the everyday.
'This is that rare book, a novel of both heart and intellect. It pulses with a sense of wonder and shines with the clear light of truth.' Robert Drewe
After two separate catastrophes, two very different families leave the
country for the bright lights of Perth. The Lambs are industrious,
united and - until God seems to turn his back on their boy Fish -
religious. The Pickleses are gamblers, boozers, fractious, and unlikely
landlords.
Chance, hardship and the war force them to swallow
their dignity and share a great, breathing, shuddering joint called
Cloudstreet. Over the next twenty years they struggle and strive, laugh
and curse, come apart and pull together under the same roof, and try as
they can to make their lives.
'One of the great masterpieces of world fiction.' Philip Hensher
'If you have not read Cloudstreet, your life is diminished . . . if you have not met these characters, this generous community, these tragedies, the humour. It is so wonderful.' Mem Fox
By:
Tim Winton Imprint: Penguin Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 196mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 430g ISBN:9780140273984 ISBN 10: 0140273980 Pages: 444 Publication Date:05 January 1998 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
