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Filled with the lyrical
genius that has earned Winton international acclaim and a loyal readership
worldwide, Breath is the coming-of-age story of two thrill-seeking boys
who surf for danger of all kinds on the untamed coast of Western Australia. As
the two boys fall under the thrall of Sando, a veteran big-wave surfer, and his
enigmatic wife, Eva, the two adults initiate the boys into forbidden worlds of
peril, testing the boundaries of athleticism, friendship, sexuality and
mortality.
Breath is a story
about the wildness of youth—the lust for excitement and terror, the
determination to be extraordinary, the wounds that heal and those that don’t—and
about learning to live with its passing.
P.S. to include
• extended author
biography
• essay about the
pleasure and power of surfing
• in-depth interview
with Winton about his writing career, his experience of nearly drowning and much
more. . .
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