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Breath
- Narrated by: Troy Planet
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
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Breath
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Publisher's Summary
Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award and now a major film.
When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his colleague, better than the kid's parents, what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. A relentlessly gripping and deeply moving novel about the damage you do to yourself when you're young and think you're immortal.
Critic Reviews
"An absorbing, powerful and deeply beautiful novel, a meditation on surfing which becomes a rumination about the very stuff of existence." (The Observer)
"This brilliant book may well turn out to be the finest thing that Winton has done." (Sydney Morning Herald)
"It's unlikely Winton has ever written as well as he writes in Breath.... Its seeming simplicity is deceptive, for beneath its pared-back surfaces lies all the steel of a major novelist operating at full throttle in a territory he has spent 25 years making his own." (The Age)
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- christiana O
- 11-05-2018
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Loved this book! Narration was extraordinary. Characters rich and believable.
I would recommend this to anyone.
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- buyer
- 30-05-2022
Loved it from start to finish
Excellent story that provokes life reflection. The narrator is so well chosen for this book, really brings this story to life with excellent tone and pacing.
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- Loretta.
- 16-06-2022
Breath by Tim Winton
Man being a surfer isnt my cup of tea but I do love to watch them ride there boards . Me it's the land
to scered of 🦈& 🐊 LOL Thank you All. 💜💜
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- Robbie
- 06-02-2023
Another Winton Cracker
If you want to listen to a quintessential Aussie story then you should download this.
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- James M
- 02-02-2019
short and beautifully descriptive.
a claassic coming of age story infused wirh the Australian ocean and the struggle to break free of adrenaline based addiction.
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- Jenny Watson
- 04-06-2018
Excellent
great story, excellent narrator that is easy to listen to. Listened to in 1 weekend.
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- chris
- 18-06-2018
Cracker!
One of the best books I’ve read. As a surfer a lot of his younger years in the water really resonated. Surfer or not, this book is well worth the read.
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- Jane
- 24-05-2022
extreme goodness
Such a masterful piece of writing that brings the waves, the scenery, the feelings, the excitement straight to the listener, plus I love hearing all of the Aussie vernacular that makes Australia home.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-06-2018
loved it
beautifully written. great story. will appeal to all not just surfers. do yorself a favour and read
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- Suzy Taylor
- 29-08-2018
Great story
The narrator drew his words out too often with a lot of unnecessary pauses.
The usual Tim Winton way of making you feel like you’re right there where it’s happening.
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