0 Items (Empty)
Minimum of Two - Tim Winton - AudioBook CD
Minimum of Twoby Tim WintonUnabridged 4 CD Audio Book Set Get other Fiction AudioBooks click here |
 |
|
|
Minimum of Two - by Tim Winton - Audio Book CDBrand New (4 CDs - 3.5 Hours): About Minimum of TwoTim Winton's characters are ordinary people who battle to maintain loyalty against all odds; women, children, men whose relationships strain under pressure and leave them bewildered, hoping, sometimes fleeing, but often finding strength in forgotten parts of themselves. About Tim WintonTimothy John Winton (born 4 August 1960), known as Tim Winton, is an acclaimed Australian novelist and short story writer. Tim Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved when young to the small country town of Albany. Winton has been named a Living Treasure by the National Trust, and awarded the Centenary Medal for service to literature and the community. He is patron of the Tim Winton Award for Young Writers sponsored by the City of Subiaco, Western Australia. He has lived in France, Ireland and Greece and currently lives in Western Australia with his wife and three children. While attending Curtin University of Technology, Winton wrote his first novel, An Open Swimmer. It went on to win The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, and launched his writing career. In fact, he wrote "the best part of three books while at university". His second book, Shallows, won the Miles Franklin Award in 1984. However, it wasn't until Cloudstreet was published in 1991 that his career, and economic future, was firmly established. In 1995 Winton’s novel, The Riders, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, as was his 2002 book, Dirt Music. Both are currently being adapted for film. He has won many other prizes, including the Miles Franklin Award three times: for Shallows (1984), Cloudstreet (1992) and Dirt Music (2002). Cloudstreet is arguably his best-known work, regularly appearing in lists of Australia’s best-loved novels. His latest novel, released in 2008, is called Breath. He is now one of Australia's most esteemed novelists, writing both for adults and children, and all his books are still in print. His work is published in eighteen different languages and has been successfully adapted for stage, screen and radio. On the publication of his novel, Dirt Music, he collaborated with broadcaster, Lucky Oceans, to produce a compilation CD, Dirt Music – Music for a Novel. Winton draws his prime inspiration from landscape and place, mostly coastal Western Australia. He has said "The place comes first. If the place isn't interesting to me then I can't feel it. I can't feel any people in it. I can't feel what the people are on about or likely to get up to". His themes often centre on an issue that is well described by the character Gail in The Turning. She says that "every vivid experience comes from your adolescence". Winton re-uses place and, occasionally, characters from one book to another. Queenie Cookson, for example, is a character in Breath who also appears in Shallows and in one of the Lockie Leonard books. Bibliography Novels * An Open Swimmer (1982) Short Story Collections * Scission (1985) Recent Short Stories and Essays Tim Winton’s short stories have been published in numerous publications and have been widely anthologised. * “Big World”, Journeys: Modern Australian Short Stories, Barry Oakley (ed), Five Mile Press, 2007 Children's Books * Jesse (1988) Non-Fiction * Land's Edge (1993) - with Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood Dramatisations * That Eye The Sky adapted by Justin Monjo and Richard Roxburgh – stage Adaptations * A film based on That Eye the Sky, directed by John Ruane, was released in 1994 Critical Works About Tim Winton * Mind the Country: Tim Winton’s fiction, Salhia Ben-Messahel, University of Western Australia Press, 2006 Awards & Nominations * 3 time Miles Franklin Award winner, 1984, 1992, 2002 * 2 time Booker Prize nominee * Winton was included in the Bulletin's "100 Most Influential Australians" list in 2006 Full List of Awards and Nominations: * 1981 Australian Vogel National Literary Award An Open Swimmer * 1984 Miles Franklin Award, Shallows * 1985 Western Australian Council Literary Award, Scission * 1990 Western Australian Premier's Award for Children's Fiction, Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo * 1991 Miles Franklin Award, Cloudstreet * 1991 NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, Cloudstreet * 1991 West Australian Fiction Award, Cloudstreet * 1992 Deo Gloria Award, Cloudstreet * 1993 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults Award, Lockie Leonard, Human Torpedo * 1993 Wilderness Society Environment Award, Lockie Leonard, Scumbuster * 1995 Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist) The Riders * 1995 Commonwealth Writers Prize (South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book), The Riders * 1998 Bolinda Audio Book Awards, Blueback * 1998 Family Award for Children's Literature, Lockie Leonard, Legend * 1998 Wilderness Society Environment Award, Blueback * 1999 WAYRBA Hoffman Award for Young Readers, Blueback * 2001 Western Australian Premier's Book Award Premier's Prize, Dirt Music * 2001 Good Reading Award, 2001, Dirt Music * 2002 Australian Booksellers Association Book of the Year Award, Dirt Music * 2002 Man Booker Prize for Fiction (shortlist), Dirt Music * 2002 Miles Franklin Award, Dirt Music * 2002 New South Wales Premier's Literary Award, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, Dirt Music * 2002 Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, Fiction, 2002 - shortlist, Dirt Music * 2003 Australian Society of Authors Medal * 2004 Colin Roderick Award, 2004 - joint winner, The Turning * 2005 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards, Best Fiction Book, The Turning * 2005 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, The Turning * 2005 Inaugural Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award - shortlisted, The Turning * 2005 Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book - commended, The Turning |
Minimum of Two - by Tim Winton - Audio Book CD |
