The grown man initiates the boys into a kind of Spartan ethos, a regimen of risk and challenge, where they test themselves in storm swells on remote and shark-infested reefs, pushing each other to the edges of endurance, courage, and sanity.īut where is all this heading? Why is their mentor's past such forbidden territory? And what can explain his American wife's peculiar behavior? Venturing beyond all limits-in relationships, in physical challenge, and in sexual behavior-there is a point where oblivion is the only outcome.įull of Winton's lyrical genius for conveying physical sensation, Breath is a rich and atmospheric coming-of-age tale from one of world literature's finest storytellers. Rumour has it in the remote West Australian coastal town of Denmark that a nondescript. When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his colleague, better than the kids parents, what happened and how. It’s the stunning location for the film adaption of Tim Winton’s Breath, an under-appreciated part of Australia that’s remained off the global tourism map until now. Tim Wintons Breath, winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award, is a story about the wildness of youth and learning to live with its passing. Together they form an odd but elite trio. Tim Winton’s Breath filmed in the stunning, underrated Denmark, Western Australia. On the wild, lonely coast of Western Australia, two thrillseeking and barely adolescent boys fall into the enigmatic thrall of veteran big-wave surfer Sando. It's a story of extremes-extreme sports and extreme emotions. His new work, Breath, is an extraordinary evocation of an adolescence spent resisting complacency, testing one's limits against nature, finding like-minded souls, and discovering just how far one breath will take you.

Tim Winton is Australia's best-loved novelist.

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