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Zusatztext At twelve years old! Morton - Ort for short - is not quite a child! but not yet an adult; his isolated outback world is an intriguing combination of boyish innocence! adolescent confusion and burgeoning awareness. When his father is seriously injured in a car crash! however! that world is suddenly thrown into complete disarray and the whole family have to adjust. As Ort! his sister! mother and grandmother are struggling to come to terms with what has happened! a stranger appears in their midst. Preaching God's word! Henry Warburton's unexpected arrival seems eerily prescient! at a time when the family most need a helping hand! and Henry quickly makes himself indispensable. In fact! for Ort in particular! it is Henry's presence! perhaps more even than his father's accident! that brings the greatest change to his world. Informationen zum Autor Tim Winton has published thirty books for adults and children. His work has been widely translated and adapted for film, television, stage and radio. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer , won the Australian /Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows , Cloudstreet , Dirt Music and Breath ) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music ). In 2023 he was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for "distinguished service to literature as an author and novelist, to conservation, and to environmental advocacy. He lives in Western Australia. Klappentext A tale about a boy's vision of the world beyond, and the blurry distinctions between the natural and supernatural. At twelve years old, Morton - Ort for short - is not quite a child, but not yet an adult; his isolated outback world is an intriguing combination of boyish innocence, adolescent confusion and burgeoning awareness. When his father is seriously injured in a car crash, however, that world is suddenly thrown into complete disarray and the whole family have to adjust. As Ort, his sister, mother and grandmother are struggling to come to terms with what has happened, a stranger appears in their midst. Preaching God's word, Henry Warburton's unexpected arrival seems eerily prescient, at a time when the family most need a helping hand, and Henry quickly makes himself indispensable. In fact, for Ort in particular, it is Henry's presence, perhaps more even than his father's accident, that brings the greatest change to his world. 'Towards the end of the novel Ort prays for a miracle: "Funny when you talk to God. He's like the sky . . . Never says anything. But you know he listens." Though God hasn't answered Ort yet, Mr. Winton convinces us he might' New York Times 'The great strength of the novel is in the way the grotesque contrasts and parallels in human life are spread out, examined and accepted' Los Angeles Times 'The great strength of the novel is in the way the grotesque contrasts and parallels in human life are spread out, examined and accepted' Los Angeles Times 'Towards the end of the novel Ort prays for a miracle: "Funny when you talk to God. He's like the sky ... Never says anything. But you know he listens." Though God hasn't answered Ort yet, Mr. Winton convinces us he might' New York Times At twelve years old, Morton -- Ort for short -- is not quite a child, but not yet an adult; his isolated outback world is an intriguing combination of boyish innocence, adolescent confusion and burgeoning awareness. When his father is seriously injured in a car crash, however, that world is suddenly thrown into complete disarray and the whole family have to adjust. As Ort, his sister, mother and grandmother are struggling to come to terms with what has happened, a stranger appears in their midst. Preaching God's word, Henry Warburton's unexpected arrival seems eerily prescient, at a time when the famil...
