Cloudstreet

Cloudstreet

By Tim Winton

Pages

448

Rating

4.01

Year

1991

FictionHistorical FictionClassicsLiteratureAustraliaNovels

Description

Cloudstreet is Tim Winton's great family drama, a twenty-year story of life and love, full of boisterous energy, joy and heartbreak. His visceral evocation of the Australian landscape is nowhere more extraordinary than in this classic.

No. 1 Cloudstreet: a broken-down house on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories, with shudders and shadows and spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families — the Pickles and Lambs — flee to the city and find themselves thrown together, forced to start their lives afresh. As they roister and rankle, the place that began as a roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts.

Endorsements

As dramatized on BBC Radio 4

Winner of the Miles Franklin Award

'Magnificent' — The New York Times

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