Lit in Translation

Tim Winton

Born 1960 · Australia

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2014 · Shortlist

    Eyrie

    Eyrie

    Tim Winton · 53 when first published

    Novel · 432 pages

    AI-generated summary:Divorced, jobless and disgraced, Tom Keely hides from the world in a flat at the top of a grim high-rise in Fremantle, until he runs into a woman from his past and her unusual young son.

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2009 · Winner

    Breath

    Breath

    Tim Winton · 48 when first published

    Novel · 215 pages · Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:Called to a teenager's death, a paramedic remembers his own youth on the coast of Western Australia, when he and a reckless friend took up surfing under the wing of an older loner who led them to ever bigger waves.

  • Written in English

    Miles Franklin 2002 · Winner

    Dirt Music

    Dirt Music

    Tim Winton · 41 when first published

    Novel · 465 pages · Love

    AI-generated summary:In a crayfishing town on Western Australia's coast, Georgie Jutland, forty and adrift beside a widower she doesn't love, is drawn to Luther Fox, a fish poacher and outcast fleeing his own past.

    Also: Booker 2002 shortlist