The Shepherd's Hut (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Name on fep.
A raw and visceral work of Australian literary fiction, The Shepherd's Hut chronicles the desperate flight of Jaxie Clackton, a volatile teenage boy who escapes a brutal home life and a suspicious death, vanishing into the scorching Western Australian outback with nothing but his rage and his will to survive. Winton renders the harsh, unforgiving landscape as both antagonist and sanctuary, illustrating how the wilderness strips a person down to their most essential self. Deep in the salt country, Jaxie encounters Fintan MacGiolla Chríost, an exiled Irish priest living in isolation, and the unlikely bond that forms between these two damaged souls anchors the novel's emotional core. Written in Jaxie's fierce, unfiltered first-person voice, the narrative crackles with profane energy and dark humor, yet carries an undercurrent of profound tenderness and longing. Winton argues, with characteristic moral seriousness, that redemption is possible even for those the world has already written off.
Author: Tim Winton
Format: Hardback
Published: 2018, Hamish Hamilton, an imprint of Penguin Books
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st ed., 1st pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Name on fep.
A raw and visceral work of Australian literary fiction, The Shepherd's Hut chronicles the desperate flight of Jaxie Clackton, a volatile teenage boy who escapes a brutal home life and a suspicious death, vanishing into the scorching Western Australian outback with nothing but his rage and his will to survive. Winton renders the harsh, unforgiving landscape as both antagonist and sanctuary, illustrating how the wilderness strips a person down to their most essential self. Deep in the salt country, Jaxie encounters Fintan MacGiolla Chríost, an exiled Irish priest living in isolation, and the unlikely bond that forms between these two damaged souls anchors the novel's emotional core. Written in Jaxie's fierce, unfiltered first-person voice, the narrative crackles with profane energy and dark humor, yet carries an undercurrent of profound tenderness and longing. Winton argues, with characteristic moral seriousness, that redemption is possible even for those the world has already written off.