''I grew up on the world''s largest island.''
From his childhood, Tim Winton''s relationship with the landscape around him – Australia''s swamps and bush, rockpools, seacaves and scrub – has been as vital as any other connection. Whether camping in hidden inlets, walking in the high rocky desert fringe, or diving at Ningaloo Reef, Winton has felt the place seep into him – its rhythms, its dangers, its strange sustenance.
Island Home is the story of how that relationship with the landscape came to beCharged with love for the huge, besieging force of Australia''s wild spaces, this book is a passionate call for their conservation, a memoir that urges us all to feel the ground beneath our feet.
Tim Winton''s Land''s Edge: A Coastal Memoir, is also available.
| Format |
Häftad |
| Omfång |
256 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Pan Macmillan |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2017-05-04 |
| ISBN |
9781509816927 |
