Breath
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Breath is a story about the wildness of youth – the lust for excitement and terror, the determination to be extraordinary, the wounds that heal and those that don’t – and about learning to live with its passing.
In his first novel for seven years, Tim Winton has achieved a new level of mastery. Breath confirms him as one of the world’s finest storytellers, a writer of novels that are at the same time simple and profound, relentlessly gripping and deeply moving.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
This is a compelling and masterly story about rights of passage, masculinity, the compulsive attraction of danger. A disturbing but distinctly Australian novel.
Breath is a gripping story about the wildness of youth.
A story about the wildness of youth, the lust for excitement and terror, the determination to be extraordinary, the wounds that heal and those that don’t and about learning to live with its passing. A gripping and deeply moving story.
Tim Winton tells a gripping and exciting story that is part adventure story and part insightful coming of age novel. It’s a tour de force that impressed both me and my 16 year old son. Quite a feat.
Tender coming-of-age novel with a vivid sense of place and nature, and psychological truths. Extraordinarily evocative writing.