Minimum of Two (Paperback)

Tim Winton

ISBN 10: 0140273999 / ISBN 13: 9780140273991

Published by Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn, 1997

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Paperback. The stories in Tim Winton's inspired Minimum of Two make the ordinary extraordinary.Tim 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.'Like Hemingway, Winton writes prose in which you can hear the thumping of the heart of the long-distance swimmer, or the rasping heaving breath of the asthmatic.' Times on Sunday'A poignant collection of spare, understated tales about ordinary people battling to preserve the relationships they treasure in the face of many troubles.' Cleo'Shows more clearly than anybody ever has how catastrophe, suffering and love can survive together in one little room.' Los Angeles Times Tim 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Minimum of Two (Paperback)
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia, Hawthorn
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0140273999
• ISBN 13: 9780140273991
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Author(s): Tim Winton ISBN: 9780140273991 Binding: Paperback Published: 2001-12-02 Tim 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 forgotton parts of themselves.

About the Author

Tim Winton was born in Perth in 1960 and has written novels, collections of stories, non-fiction and books for children. He has been twice shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for The Riders (1995) and Dirt Music (2002).