In The Winter Dark (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.
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Name penned on fep. Small stain on book block.
A masterwork of Australian Gothic fiction, In the Winter Dark chronicles the lives of four isolated rural neighbours whose fragile peace is shattered by a series of brutal, unexplained livestock killings in the surrounding bush. Tim Winton constructs a taut, atmospheric novella that builds dread with quiet precision, weaving together themes of fear, guilt, grief, and the primal menace of the natural world. Each of the four characters carries a private wound, and as the unseen predator closes in, Winton illustrates how terror strips away the thin veneer of civilisation to expose the raw, desperate core of human nature. Written in spare, luminous prose, the narrative sustains an almost unbearable tension, leaving the reader to wrestle with questions about what truly lurks in the dark — whether beast, human, or something far more psychological. A compact yet profoundly unsettling work, it stands as one of Winton's most haunting achievements.
Author: Tim Winton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1988, McPhee Gribble Publishers
Edition: 1st aus ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Condition remarks: Name penned on fep. Small stain on book block.
A masterwork of Australian Gothic fiction, In the Winter Dark chronicles the lives of four isolated rural neighbours whose fragile peace is shattered by a series of brutal, unexplained livestock killings in the surrounding bush. Tim Winton constructs a taut, atmospheric novella that builds dread with quiet precision, weaving together themes of fear, guilt, grief, and the primal menace of the natural world. Each of the four characters carries a private wound, and as the unseen predator closes in, Winton illustrates how terror strips away the thin veneer of civilisation to expose the raw, desperate core of human nature. Written in spare, luminous prose, the narrative sustains an almost unbearable tension, leaving the reader to wrestle with questions about what truly lurks in the dark — whether beast, human, or something far more psychological. A compact yet profoundly unsettling work, it stands as one of Winton's most haunting achievements.