Blueback

Tim Winton

Publisher details

Blueback
Author
Tim Winton
Publisher
Penguin
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
25 June, 2014

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Synopsis

The final volume in the iconic Penguin Australian Children's Classics series, Blueback is a deceptively simple allegory about a boy who matures through fortitude, and finds wisdom by living in harmony with all forms of life. A beautiful distillation of Winton's art and concerns.
Tim Winton
About the author

Tim Winton

Tim Winton has published twenty-five books for adults and children, 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. His most recent novel is Eyrie, released October 2013.

Books by Tim Winton

Cloudstreet
Tim Winton

Cloudstreet

The Riders
Tim Winton

The Riders

Dirt Music
Tim Winton

Dirt Music

Breath
Tim Winton

Breath

Eyrie
Tim Winton

Eyrie

The Turning
Tim Winton

The Turning

Shallows
Tim Winton

Shallows

Island Home
Tim Winton

Island Home

The Deep
Tim Winton

The Deep

Blueback
Tim Winton

Blueback

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