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Cloudstreet.....or Waterland
I wish I hadn't read it . . .
A vast landscape with perfect details
Em, JPC, 17
One the best books I've ever read

Cloudstreet : A Novel
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: Scribner
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0743234413

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Hailed as a classic, Tim Winton's masterful family saga is both a paean to working-class Australians and an unflinching examination of the human heart's capacity for sorrow, joy, and endless gradations in between. An award-winning work, Cloudstreet exemplifies the brilliant ability of fiction to captivate and inspire.

Struggling to rebuild their lives after being touched by disaster, the Pickle family, who've inherited a big house called Cloudstreet in a suburb of Perth, take in the God-fearing Lambs as tenants. The Lambs have suffered their own catastrophes, and determined to survive, they open up a grocery on the ground floor. From 1944 to 1964, the shared experiences of the two overpopulated clans -- running the gamut from drunkenness, adultery, and death to resurrection, marriage, and birth -- bond them to each other and to the bustling, haunted house in ways no one could have anticipated.

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Cloudstreet.....or Waterland.......2007-05-29

I wish I could give my review the glowing sheen so ubiquitous in all the other reviews, but, for me, this book falls short of the mark in several areas. The most obvious is the bioluminescence of two of the characters, the ghostly aborigine, and spectral Gothic arabesques strewn throughout the book. They mark the work with a distinctly gimcrack feel, and leave one wondering what Winton is all about here.

Elizabeth Ward, reviewing the book for The Washington Post, compares this novel to Joyce's Dubliners. A bit of a stretch, this. All one has to do is to think of Joyce's stylistic masterpiece, "The Dead" to see how much of a stretch.

This is not a BAD novel. It's just not enthralling or particularly sweeping. Perhaps Winton intended the writing to mirror the hard-bitten lives of the working class Aussies depicted herein. That's the best I can really say for it.

But also, I couldn't help but be reminded, time and again, of Graham Swift's tour de force of a novel, Waterland. There are simply too many similarities between the two books for me to think that Winton wasn't influenced by it. ......So, my recommendation, read Waterland, one of the greatest stylistic masterpieces to come out of England since WWII.

I wish I hadn't read it . . . .......2007-05-19

just so I could discover it for the first time. It's generally pointless trying to capture the quality of this book and others have made a better effort of it than I might, but one has to be deeply heartened by the author's humanity and love of his characters, even those with considerable personality disorders. It's a thread that runs through all his fiction and I admire him greatly for it. Add to that a dynamic imagination, a respect for his native vernacular and a sense of hope, and we've seen the tip of the iceberg. Winton is a masterful writer.

A vast landscape with perfect details.......2006-08-18

I really can't recommend this novel more. I find family dynamics difficult and challenging; this story made me look at families in a new and generous light, one full of light. read it and open your heart.

Em, JPC, 17.......2006-06-25

i found this book easy to read and very interesting from beginning to start. i could hardly put it down!
i found that the aboriginal in the story represented the spirituality both families have turned away from and neglected since having such tragic accidents in both families( Fish's drowning and Sam's fingers being chopped off). i also found that there was the modern day issue of no one wanting to no their neighboors-represented by the wall being put up and them never talking to each other and the kids fighting in the street,even when the Quick and Rose marry the two families keep their distances then at the end they relize they are so much better off with each other rather than fighting. i also found that it represented a journey of finding yourself and who you are , a search for the meaning of life

One the best books I've ever read.......2006-05-31

One reviewer called Winton "a genius." I concur. This book reads like poetry within prose. It draws you into both the narrative and the characters. It has some of the most beautiful sentences I have ever read. Some, I read several times, just because they were so beautiful. A must, must read for anyone who loves great literature. Up there with the greatest: Dickens, Styron, Barth,Updike, Tyler, Irving. Don't put off reading this one.

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Cloudstreet
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: McPhee Gribble
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0869142240

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Cloudstreet
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: Penguin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEFE1W

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Cloudstreet
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: Penguin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OHE83E

Cambridge Wizard Student Guide Cloudstreet (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

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Cambridge Wizard Student Guide Cloudstreet (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)
Helen Parr
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Das Haus an der Cloudstreet.
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: Krüger, Frankfurt
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 381052333X

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Cloudstreet
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: Penguin Books India
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0143032488

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Magnificent New Production
A mystical relation to self
A mystical relation to self
Winton Very convincing.

Cloudstreet (Current Theatre Series)
Nicholas Enright
Manufacturer: Currency Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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A sprawling stage adaptation of Tim Winton's award-winning novel. Cloudstreet was a huge success at the 1998 Sydney and Perth festivals, followed by sell-out seasons in Zurich, London and Dublin. The story follows the fluctuating fortunes of two families who inhabit a rambling house in Perth.

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Magnificent New Production.......2004-07-30

Merryn Anstee and Scott Crozier's 2004 production of 'Cloudstreet' is being presented by the acclaimed St. Michael's Grammar School (St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia) as part of their 2004 Senior Drama Festival. The school, whose alumnus contributes to many facets of Australia's theatre industry, will present six performances at The Studio on campus, opening 23 July 2004. Merryn Anstee is hailed as one of Australia's finest drama teachers and foremost theatre directors. St. Michael's is noted as Australia's most prestigious academic and dramatic arts training institutions.
The school has had recent successful seasons of Peter Shaffer's 'Amadeus', Stephen Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd', Carol Churchill's 'Top Girls' and Shakespeare's 'King Lear'. Season sold out.

A mystical relation to self.......2001-07-06

It is obvious what the text CLOUDSTREET has to say about family relationships and the need for experience in life and understanding, but reading beneath the texts obvious words are themes which are somewhat covered by the more obvious way of life of the Pickles and the Lambs. To discover the truth about both the families and also about yourself, you need to search beyond the texts simple themes and discover the true meanings for yourself. Such as the themes of spirituality and dependence discussed in the book. To talk more on this subject, please feel free to e-mail me today and we can have brainstormes on the deeper and truer meanings of Wintons epic novel, Cloudstreet.

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A mystical relation to self.......2001-07-06

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Winton Very convincing........2000-05-12

This book is inspiring. It channels the journey of an emotionaly disturbed man, Fish, who is in his own world. His family, and their saga is explored deeply and meaningfully as well.

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Cloudstreet
Tim Winton
Manufacturer: PICADOR (MACM)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000GRI4XM

Wizard Study Guide Cloudstreet (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)

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Wizard Study Guide Cloudstreet (Cambridge Wizard English Student Guides)
Helen Parr
Manufacturer: Wizard Books
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Binding: Paperback

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