Tim Winton brings the landscape to life in Shallows, a historical fiction novel about pride and loneliness.
One hundred and fifty years after the establishment of land-based whaling in Australia, its last outpost is Angelus, a small town already struggling for survival. Long-dormant passions are awakened by the arrival of the conservationists, who threaten the town's livelihood and disturb the fragile peace under which its inhabitants live.
`A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world.' -Observer
- ISBN10 0689118066
- ISBN13 9780689118067
- Publish Date 1 January 1986 (first published 1 September 1985)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 May 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Atheneum Books
- Edition American ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 235
- Language English