Scission
02 October 2009Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
In Scission, Tim Winton’s first collection of short stories, the world he paints is often harsh and disturbing, inhabited by isolated, unforgiving characters. It is a world at once familiar, filled with the trappings of home and family, and yet also strangely twisted; a world where casual brutality and unexpected death are never far from the surface.
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Details
02 October 2009176 pages
9780330412605Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Tim Winton is the real thing: a writer who can photograph a thought and pluck out the beat of a soul on a washing line.Scotland on Sunday
Winton is boisterous and lyrical by turns; his sense of sentiment is unerringly accurate, his characters unforgettable. The emotional control exercised over his anarchic world puts Winton in the top drawer of Australian fiction.Daily Telegraph
Winton’s compassionate and humorous writing is nothing short of magnificent. If you can imagine Neighbours taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck and Gabriel García Márquez, you’re close.Time Out
