Shallows

Winton, Tim

ISBN 10: 1555971938 / ISBN 13: 9781555971939

Published by Graywolf Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shallows
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555971938
• ISBN 13: 9781555971939
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Shallows is set in a small whaling town in Western Australia, where land-based whaling has been a tradition for over 150 years. When Queenie Cookson decides to join an antiwhaling protest group, she defies her husband, her ancestry, and her community. Winner of the prestigious Miles Franklin Award in Australia, this eloquent and moving novel speaks with immediacy and passion of the conflict between the values of a closeknit, traditional society and the evolving mores of the wider world.

About the Author

Tim Winton is the author of several novels, short-story collections, and children's books, for which he has received every major literary award in Australia, including the Australian/Vogel Award and the prestigious Miles Franklin Award. He currently lives in a fishing village in Western Australia with his wife and three children.