Breath

Publisher details

Author
Tim Winton
Publisher
Penguin
Genres
Fiction, Miles Franklin Literary Award winner
Released
29 April, 2009
ISBN
9780143009580

Breath

Tim Winton

Buy now

Retail partners

Synopsis

Tim Winton's Breath, winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, is a story about the wildness of youth and learning to live with its passing.

When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his colleague, better than the kid's parents, what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him.

A relentlessly gripping and deeply moving novel about the damage you do to yourself when you're young and think you're immortal.

Tim Winton
About the author

Tim Winton

Tim Winton has published twenty-nine 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.

Books by Tim Winton

Cloudstreet
Tim Winton

Cloudstreet

Retail partners

The Riders
Tim Winton

The Riders

Retail partners

Dirt Music
Tim Winton

Dirt Music

Retail partners

Breath
Tim Winton

Breath

Retail partners

Eyrie
Tim Winton

Eyrie

Retail partners

    The Turning
    Tim Winton

    The Turning

    Retail partners

    Shallows
    Tim Winton

    Shallows

    Retail partners

    Island Home
    Tim Winton

    Island Home

    Retail partners

    The Deep
    Tim Winton

    The Deep

    Retail partners

    Blueback
    Tim Winton

    Blueback

    Retail partners

    Related articles

    PODCAST: Joan Sauers on Film and Mysteries

    Podcast

    22 June 2026

    PODCAST: Joan Sauers on Film and Mysteries

      PODCAST: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books

      Podcast

      15 June 2026

      PODCAST: Victoria Purman on Journalism, Publishing and Vintage Books

        Q&A: Maya Linnell, Author of Sunrise at Sunny Cross Farm

        News | Author Related

        8 June 2026

        Q&A: Maya Linnell, Author of Sunrise at Sunny Cross Farm

          PODCAST: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington

          Podcast

          8 June 2026

          PODCAST: What Are You Reading? The App with Caroline Overington

            PODCAST: Francesca Albanese on War and Power

            Podcast

            1 June 2026

            PODCAST: Francesca Albanese on War and Power

              PODCAST: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia

              Podcast

              25 May 2026

              PODCAST: Dervla McTiernan on Ruthless Editing and Finding Home in Australia

                What Should You Read Next? Let WAYR? The App Decide

                News

                19 May 2026

                What Should You Read Next? Let WAYR? The App Decide

                  The Best Podcast Episodes You’ll Find on WAYR? The App

                  News | Events & Festivals

                  19 May 2026

                  The Best Podcast Episodes You’ll Find on WAYR? The App

                  How to Download What Are You Reading? The App

                  News

                  19 May 2026

                  How to Download What Are You Reading? The App

                  PODCAST: Antoinette Lattouf on Books, Battles and Breaking Barriers

                  Podcast

                  18 May 2026

                  PODCAST: Antoinette Lattouf on Books, Battles and Breaking Barriers

                    COMMENTS

                    Leave a Reply

                    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *