That Eye, the Sky
( dir. John Ruane
)
1994
Australia
:
Beyond Films
,
1994
Z192639
1994
single work
film/TV
When twelve-year-old Ort Flack's father Sam is plunged into a coma after a truck accident, Ort's family is fractured. As his mother bravely tries to hold them all together, a mysterious stranger appears and changes all their lives, giving Ort courage, comfort, and faith.
'Tim Winton's female characters show a strong tendency towards self-threatening behaviors, transience and ferocity. This is evident in the violent deaths of Jewel in An Open Swimmer, Maureen in Shallows, Ida's murder in In the Winter Dark [...], Tegwyn's self-harm in That Eye, the Sky, Dolly's alcoholism in Cloudstreet, Eva Sanderson's Hutchence-lookalike death in Breath and, obviously, the ephemerality of mothers in Dirt Music...' (96)
Storymen
Cambridge
Port Melbourne
:
Cambridge University Press
,
2009
Z1637200
2009
single work
life story
'What do the artistic works of acclaimed author Tim Winton and eminent Ngarinyin lawman Bungal (David) Mowaljarlai have in common?
'According to Hannah Rachel Bell they both reflect sacred relationship with the natural world, the biological imperative of a male rite of passage, an emergent urban tribalism, and the fundamental role of story in the transmission of cultural knowledge. In Bell's four decade friendship with Mowaljarlai, she had to confront the cultural assumptions that sculpted her way of seeing. The journey was life-changing.
'When she returned to teaching in 2001 Tim Winton's novels featured in the curriculum. She recognised an eerie familiarity and thought Winton must have been influenced by traditional elders to express such an 'indigenous' perspective. She wrote to him. This resulted in 4 years of correspondence and an excavation of converging world views - exposed through personal memoir, letters, paintings and conversations and culminating in Storymen.' (From the publisher's website.)
Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction
Crawley
:
University of Western Australia
,
2006
Z1286107
2006
single work
criticism
Tim Winton : The Writer and His Work
South Yarra
:
Macmillan Education Australia
,
1999
Z1022919
1999
single work
criticism
Aimed principally at younger readers and students, this work contains biographical information about Winton which situates him in a Western Australian context and has chapters dealing with each of Winton's novels to date. Each chapter concludes with a section 'Questions and Activities'.
Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction
Crawley
:
University of Western Australia
,
2006
Z1286107
2006
single work
criticism
Storymen
Cambridge
Port Melbourne
:
Cambridge University Press
,
2009
Z1637200
2009
single work
life story
'What do the artistic works of acclaimed author Tim Winton and eminent Ngarinyin lawman Bungal (David) Mowaljarlai have in common?
'According to Hannah Rachel Bell they both reflect sacred relationship with the natural world, the biological imperative of a male rite of passage, an emergent urban tribalism, and the fundamental role of story in the transmission of cultural knowledge. In Bell's four decade friendship with Mowaljarlai, she had to confront the cultural assumptions that sculpted her way of seeing. The journey was life-changing.
'When she returned to teaching in 2001 Tim Winton's novels featured in the curriculum. She recognised an eerie familiarity and thought Winton must have been influenced by traditional elders to express such an 'indigenous' perspective. She wrote to him. This resulted in 4 years of correspondence and an excavation of converging world views - exposed through personal memoir, letters, paintings and conversations and culminating in Storymen.' (From the publisher's website.)
