by Tim Winton
Introduction, by Philip HensherAcknowledgements--CloudstreetAfterword
I loved this book. It's a multi-layered story of two families, a river, a house and the beautiful water. It is full of everyday practicalities and supernatural occurrences. I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I read Breath and while I really enjoyed aspects of that story, I though...
So glad that I finally got around to reading this Australian masterpiece. It is an absolute credit to Tim Winton. I enjoy his writing and the imagery it creates. The depth of his characters really makes you feel empathy for them and all their trials and tribulations - when they succeed you want to c...
I really had to waffle around in considering how to rate this. There's really some of the best gritty, realistic and poetic writing I've ever read interspersed with some moments of ham-fisted "wise-dickery" (to use Winton's own word). I had to put the book aside three times when I first started it b...
Dysfunctional Families Australian Style. Those words are the best I can come up with to depict this book. There are two families living in one house on Cloudstreet near Perth, Australia. This house and these families become the center attraction of the entire neighborhood. Both families are of the w...
If you think your family is strange, you're probably right, but they can't be any weirder than the Pickles and the Lambs. For twenty years the two families occupy the same sprawling, rundown, semi-haunted house in Perth. Through walls and windows they overhear and observe each other's joys, lamentat...
Probably my favourite modern Australian novel. Funny and sad, quirky and eccentric. It's a great read and made a truly memorable piece of theatre.
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