Shallows
{{short description|1984 novel by Tim Winton}}
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| name = Shallows
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| author = Tim Winton
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| country = Australia
| language = English
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| publisher = Allen & Unwin, Australia
| release_date = 1984
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| media_type = Paperback
| pages = 235
| isbn = 0-86861-793-8
| oclc = 29006597
| preceded_by = An Open Swimmer
| followed_by = That Eye, The Sky
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Shallows (1984) is a novel by Australian author Tim Winton. It won the 1984 Miles Franklin Award, and was the 1985 joint winner of Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Fiction.
Carolyn See called it "a dark masterpiece that ranks with Moby-Dick".[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062604164.html "Young Men and the Sea"], Carolyn See, The Washington Post, June 27, 2008; Page C05
Story outline
The novel is set in 1978 in the fictional town of Angelus, Western Australia. The town is the last remaining remnant of Australia's whaling industry and the novel details the conflicts that arise as a group of outsiders, intent on closing down the whaling industry, come to town.
Critical reception
Marian Eldridge in The Canberra Times was impressed with the work: "It is a book resonant with meanings. On the surface it looks at a contemporary situation, a year-old relationship under strain as one partner becomes an active conservationist and the other an uncommitted, embarrassed observer. Whatever one decides the novel is saying, Shallows is a satisfying book."[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122502149 "'Shallows' complex, disturbing" by Marian Eldridge, The Canberra Times, 9 March 1985, p16]
Awards
- 1984 Miles Franklin Award.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127010139 "Franklin award to Winton", The Canberra Times, 15 May 1985, p24]
- 1985 Joint Winner Western Australian Premier's Book Award - Fiction.{{Cite web|url=http://www.booktopia.com.au/tim-winton/author46.html|title=Tim Winton Author Bio|last=|first=|date=|website=Booktopia|publisher=|access-date=19 January 2017}}
References
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Category:1984 Australian novels
Category:Environmental fiction books
Category:Miles Franklin Award–winning works
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