Land's Edge (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Land's Edge, a deeply personal meditation on the sea and the coastline that has shaped a life. Tim Winton chronicles his lifelong relationship with the Australian coast — its wild surf, tidal shallows, and ancient shorelines — weaving together memoir, natural history, and lyrical prose into a work of rare beauty. Accompanied by stunning photography from Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood, the book captures the raw, elemental power of the ocean and the way it seeps into the bones of those who grow up beside it. Winton writes with the precision of a naturalist and the soul of a poet, presenting the coast not merely as a backdrop but as a living, breathing character that defines Australian identity. Land's Edge stands as both a love letter to the littoral world and a quietly urgent argument for its preservation, reminding us that the margins where land meets sea are among the most fragile and magnificent places on Earth — and that to lose them would be to lose something essential about who we are.
Author: Tim Winton
Format: Paperback
Published: 1993, Macmillan Australia
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes Land's Edge, a deeply personal meditation on the sea and the coastline that has shaped a life. Tim Winton chronicles his lifelong relationship with the Australian coast — its wild surf, tidal shallows, and ancient shorelines — weaving together memoir, natural history, and lyrical prose into a work of rare beauty. Accompanied by stunning photography from Trish Ainslie and Roger Garwood, the book captures the raw, elemental power of the ocean and the way it seeps into the bones of those who grow up beside it. Winton writes with the precision of a naturalist and the soul of a poet, presenting the coast not merely as a backdrop but as a living, breathing character that defines Australian identity. Land's Edge stands as both a love letter to the littoral world and a quietly urgent argument for its preservation, reminding us that the margins where land meets sea are among the most fragile and magnificent places on Earth — and that to lose them would be to lose something essential about who we are.