So I'd recommend sticking with this one if you're not immediately grabbed. Started out lukewarm, moved to actively hating it, but something about it kept me coming back - probably the really strong characters. SHIT, I missed my subway stop!!!Įnd of eighth week: No, I won't put my book down. Seventh week: Damn, I'm at the office, so and I can't read my book! Maybe I can read some during this 12-minute break. Ok, it was going pretty well for a while there, but BORED NOW. Ok, I'm actually gagging on the subway.įourth week: Ok, I have to read my book, but I know it will make me nauseated. Seriously, I think I'm going to throw up and I'm not kidding. Third week: Oh god, I think I'm going to throw up. Second week: Hm, I don't know about this. Here's how my reading of Cloudstreet progressed:įirst week: Ok, this is pretty good, I guess. He has lived in Italy, France, Ireland and Greece but currently lives in Western Australia with his wife and three children. On the publication of his novel, Dirt Music, he collaborated with broadcaster, Lucky Oceans, to produce a compilation CD, Dirt Music – Music for a Novel. His work has also been successfully adapted for stage, screen and radio. All his books are still in print and have been published in eighteen different languages. He is now one of Australia's most esteemed novelists, writing for both adults and children. His latest novel, released in 2013, is called Eyrie. Cloudstreet is arguably his best-known work, regularly appearing in lists of Australia’s best-loved novels. He has won many other prizes, including the Miles Franklin Award three times: for Shallows (1984), Cloudstreet (1992) and Dirt Music (2002). Both are currently being adapted for film. In 1995 Winton’s novel, The Riders, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, as was his 2002 book, Dirt Music. It wasn't until Cloudstreet was published in 1991, however, that his career and economic future were cemented. His second book, Shallows, won the Miles Franklin Award in 1984. In fact, he wrote 'the best part of three books while at university'. It went on to win The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, and launched his writing career. While a student at Curtin University of Technology, Winton wrote his first novel, An Open Swimmer. Tim Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the small country town of Albany.

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