Breath: A Coming of Age Story and a Love Letter to Surfing and the Sea
May 2009 · Pan Macmillan
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‘Exhilarating’ – Sunday Times
‘Rapturous’ – Sunday Telegraph
‘A remarkable tale of grace and danger’ – Financial Times
When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than anyone what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. Bruce remembers what it was like to be a risk-taking kid, to feel that thrill and that fear . . .
Breath by Tim Winton is the story of Bruce and his best friend Loonie, and the surfing obsession that changed both of their lives. It is about the exhilaration of the sea and the waves, the treacherous addiction to risk, and the intoxicating power of forbidden love.
Now a film by Simon Baker.
‘Rapturous’ – Sunday Telegraph
‘A remarkable tale of grace and danger’ – Financial Times
When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than anyone what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. Bruce remembers what it was like to be a risk-taking kid, to feel that thrill and that fear . . .
Breath by Tim Winton is the story of Bruce and his best friend Loonie, and the surfing obsession that changed both of their lives. It is about the exhilaration of the sea and the waves, the treacherous addiction to risk, and the intoxicating power of forbidden love.
Now a film by Simon Baker.
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4.6
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Princess Vanellope Von Schweetz
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November 15, 2014
I saw this book on my reading list for college and had no idea what I'd be getting myself into when I actually got around to reading. Needless to say after a lecture where the words 'sex' 'adultery' and 'surfing' were frequent, my interest was piqued. It is a brilliantly written insight into the mind and life of a teenage boy told through the eyes of his older self. Its not your ordinary coming of age story and is intense from start to finish. I recommend this book to all, it is short enough that I read it in less than a day, and couldn't put it down once!
Giuseppe Calisi Dicarlo
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May 22, 2018
Incredibile story! It was the first book of Winton's books I read. I'm glad
it was this one. All the elements I'd hope to find in a great novel are
there: passion, friendship, love, mentorship, and a little bit of pure
craziness. Loved it till the end!
Christian Babylon
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February 15, 2013
A good read from start to finish.
About the author
Tim Winton has published over twenty books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into many different 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). Active in the environmental movement, he is the Patron of the Australian Marine Conservation Society. He lives in Western Australia.
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