Eyrie (novel)
| Author | Tim Winton |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Penguin, Australia |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 978-0374151348 |
| Preceded by | Breath |
Eyrie (2013) is a novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It was shortlisted for the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Plot summary
Tom Kelly is alone, living at the top of the Mirador apartments, a highrise in Fremantle, Western Australia. Once a high-powered, environmental activist he is now divorced and destitute.
Reviews
Lyn McCredden in the Sydney Review of Books found the novel to be something of a modern re-working of the author's earlier novel Cloudstreet but with "less loveliness".[1] Michael Williams in The Guardian considered it a "superb novel", a tale about people "trying to work out how to be good to one another".[2]
Awards and nominations
- 2014 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Fiction
- 2014 shortlisted Indie Awards — Fiction
- 2014 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
- 2014 shortlisted Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) — Australian Literary Fiction Book of the Year
- 2014 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — Fiction
- 2014 winner Western Australian Premier's Book Awards — People's Choice Award
- 2014 shortlisted Voss Literary Prize
- 2014 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards — Fiction Book Award
References
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