num_pages: 217
description: Filled with the lyrical genius that has earned Winton international acclaim and a loyal readership worldwide, Breath is the coming-of-age story of two thrill-seeking boys who surf for danger of all kinds on the untamed coast of Western Australia. As the two boys fall under the thrall of Sando, a veteran big-wave surfer, and his enigmatic wife, Eva, the two adults initiate the boys into forbidden worlds of peril, testing the boundaries of athleticism, friendship, sexuality and mortality. Breath is a story about the wildness of youth, the lust for excitement and terror, the determination to be extraordinary, the wounds that heal and those that don’t—and about learning to live with its passing. P.S. to include• extended author biography• essay about the pleasure and power of surfing• in-depth interview with Winton about his writing career, his experience of nearly drowning and much more. . .
language: English
title: Breath
titlecomplete: Breath
genres: Australia, Literature, Literary Fiction, Book Club, Coming Of Age, Contemporary, Young Adult, Novels, Fiction, Adult Fiction
ratings_count: 21425
places: Australia, Western Australia
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Victorian Premier's Literary Award
category: Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Australian Independent Booksellers Indie Book Award
category: Book of the Year & Book of the Year Fiction, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA)
category: Literary Fiction
publisher: Harper Perennial