par-dessus le bord du monde

by Tim Winton

Georgie Jutland est une femme chancelante. À quarante ans, sa carrière d'infirmière en miettes, elle vit isolée à White Point aux côtés de Jim, un pêcheur de langoustes. Georgie passe ses nuits à naviguer sur Internet en buvant de la vodka. Un matin, elle aperçoit une ombre sur la plage en contrebas. Luther Fox vient d'entrer dans sa vie. Braconnier des mers, timide et musicien, il est précédé d'une réputation de malheur et de malchance. Leur rencontre improbable, contrariée par la colère des langoustiers, se transforme en odyssée. Luther Fox fuit, traverse l'Australie et s'exile sur la côte aride des Kimberley... Le roman de Tim Winton témoigne d'une rare puissance : la sensualité de son style, la poésie de ses personnages, la rudesse de ses descriptions font de l'histoire d'un amour fou un road-movie initiatique. Par-dessus le bord du monde, finaliste du Booker Prize, a reçu l'Australia's Miles Franklin Literary Award en 2002.

496 pages, Paperback

Published January 11, 2006

About the author

Tim Winton was born in Perth, Western Australia, but moved at a young age to the small country town of Albany.

While a student at Curtin University of Technology, Winton wrote his first novel, An Open Swimmer. It went on to win The Australian/Vogel Literary Award in 1981, and launched his writing career. In fact, he wrote "the best part of three books while at university". His second book, Shallows, won the Miles Franklin Award in 1984. It wasn't until Cloudstreet was published in 1991, however, that his career and economic future were cemented.

In 1995 Winton’s novel, The Riders, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, as was his 2002 book, Dirt Music. Both are currently being adapted for film. He has won many other prizes, including the Miles Franklin Award three times: for Shallows (1984), Cloudstreet (1992) and Dirt Music (2002). Cloudstreet is arguably his best-known work, regularly appearing in lists of Australia’s best-loved novels. His latest novel, released in 2013, is called Eyrie.

He is now one of Australia's most esteemed novelists, writing for both adults and children. All his books are still in print and have been published in eighteen different languages. His work has also been successfully adapted for stage, screen and radio. On the publication of his novel, Dirt Music, he collaborated with broadcaster, Lucky Oceans, to produce a compilation CD, Dirt Music – Music for a Novel.

He has lived in Italy, France, Ireland and Greece but currently lives in Western Australia with his wife and three children.