The Turning (SIGNED)
Edition: 1st deckled-edge ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
A masterwork of Australian literary fiction, The Turning presents a cycle of seventeen interconnected stories set in the fictional coastal town of Angelus, Western Australia, where lives collide, unravel, and occasionally find redemption across decades. Tim Winton chronicles the struggles of working-class men and women — scarred by violence, addiction, faith, and loss — whose stories echo and refract one another in ways that gradually reveal a profound, cumulative portrait of a community. The tone is raw and unflinching yet suffused with lyrical beauty, as Winton illustrates how moments of crisis or grace can pivot an entire life in a new direction — the turning of the title. Characters reappear across different stories, sometimes as protagonists, sometimes glimpsed from the periphery, creating a richly layered narrative architecture that rewards attentive reading. Widely regarded as one of Winton's finest achievements, the collection argues powerfully that ordinary lives, in all their mess and longing, are worthy of serious literary attention.
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Description
Edition: 1st deckled-edge ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Signed
A masterwork of Australian literary fiction, The Turning presents a cycle of seventeen interconnected stories set in the fictional coastal town of Angelus, Western Australia, where lives collide, unravel, and occasionally find redemption across decades. Tim Winton chronicles the struggles of working-class men and women — scarred by violence, addiction, faith, and loss — whose stories echo and refract one another in ways that gradually reveal a profound, cumulative portrait of a community. The tone is raw and unflinching yet suffused with lyrical beauty, as Winton illustrates how moments of crisis or grace can pivot an entire life in a new direction — the turning of the title. Characters reappear across different stories, sometimes as protagonists, sometimes glimpsed from the periphery, creating a richly layered narrative architecture that rewards attentive reading. Widely regarded as one of Winton's finest achievements, the collection argues powerfully that ordinary lives, in all their mess and longing, are worthy of serious literary attention.
