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An Open Swimmer

By Tim Winton
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An Open Swimmer by Tim Winton is a reflective novel exploring themes of friendship, identity, and isolation. It follows a young man named Jerra as he takes a soul-searching fishing trip along the Western Australian coast. Throughout this journey, Jerra confronts his past experiences and the complexities of human relationships in the backdrop of the vast and rugged landscape.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate evocative and introspective storytelling set against the backdrop of the Australian coastline. Tim Winton's debut novel explores themes of friendship, solitude, and the search for identity, offering a poetic and deeply moving narrative that resonates with universal human experiences. This book may appeal to those who enjoy richly atmospheric settings and character-driven tales.

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Jerra and his best mate Sean set off in a beaten-up old VW to go camping on the coast. Jerra's friends and family want to know when he will finish university, when he will find a girl. But they don't understand about Sean's mother, Jewel, or the bush or the fish with the pearl.

They think he needs a job, but what Jerra is searching for is more elusive. Only the sea, and perhaps the old man who lives in a shack beside it, can help.

An Open Swimmer is a remarkable first novel by one of Australia's most loved and respected writers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140274028

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 January 1998

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 180g

Pages: 192

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About the Author

Tim Winton has published twenty-six books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows,Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia. Find out more on Facebook

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