num_pages: 317
description: In these extraordinary tales about ordinary people from ordinary places, Tim Winton describes turnings of all second thoughts, changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, abrupt transitions. The seventeen stories overlap to paint a convincing and cohesive picture of a world where people struggle against the terrible weight of their past and challenge the lives they have made for themselves. Tim Winton is indisputably one of the finest storytellers working in the English language. Now he gives us seventeen exquisite overlapping tales of second thoughts and mid-life regret – extraordinary stories of ordinary people from ordinary places. Here are turnings of all kinds – changes of heart, nasty surprises, slow awakenings, sudden detours – where people struggle against the terrible weight of the past and challenge the lives they’ve made for themselves.
language: English
title: The Turning
titlecomplete: The Turning
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Australia, Book Club, School, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 5502
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Queensland Premier's Literary Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Colin Roderick Award
publisher: Picador