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Adaptations
- form y 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.
Affiliation Notes
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This work is affiliated with the AustLit subset Asian-Australian Children's Literature and Publishing because it has a Chinese translation.
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Other Formats
- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Australia in Three Books
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Autumn vol. 75 no. 1 2016; (p. 21-23) Sofie Laguna shares her thoughts and memories on the reading of three Australian books. -
‘Over the Cliff and into the Water’ : Love, Death and Confession in Tim Winton’s Fiction
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Tim Winton : Critical Essays 2014; (p. 96-121)'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)
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Bodies that Speak : Mediating Female Embodiment in Tim Winton's Fiction
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , vol. 27 no. 2 2012; (p. 32-50) -
y
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.)
- y Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction Crawley : University of Western Australia , 2006 Z1286107 2006 single work criticism
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[Review] That Eye, the Sky
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Margin , no. 20 1988; (p. 23-25)
— Review of That Eye, the Sky 1986 single work novel -
Adolescence for Adults
1987
single work
review
— Appears in: Island Magazine , Winter no. 31 1987; (p. 75-78)
— Review of The Sugar Factory 1986 single work novel ; That Eye, the Sky 1986 single work novel -
Penguins New and Revisited
1988
single work
review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , June vol. 7 no. 2 1988; (p. 57-58)
— Review of The Well Dressed Explorer 1962 single work novel ; Landscape with Landscape 1985 selected work short story ; That Eye, the Sky 1986 single work novel ; Minimum of Two 1987 selected work short story ; Testostero 1987 single work novel ; The Invaluable Mystery 1987 single work novel ; Holden's Performance 1987 single work novel -
Satire, Humor, Revelation
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 104 1986; (p. 64-65)
— Review of Zooing 1986 selected work short story ; That Eye, the Sky 1986 single work novel ; Scribbling in the Dark 1985 selected work prose -
Adventures in the Mind and Heart
1986
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 8 March 1986; (p. 46)
— Review of That Eye, the Sky 1986 single work novel - y 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'.
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Tim Winton : Affirming the Values of Human Life and Effort
1987
single work
column
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , September vol. 2 no. 9 1987; (p. 3-4) - y Mind the Country : Tim Winton's Fiction Crawley : University of Western Australia , 2006 Z1286107 2006 single work criticism
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Looking into the Light : Tim Winton's That Eye the Sky
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Making Connections : Introducing Nine Texts for Senior English Studies 1990; (p. 49-58) -
y
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.)
Awards
- 1996 winner National Library of Australia National Audio Book-of-the-Year Award — TDK Australian Audio Book Awards — Special Award Given to Bolinda Audio Book version for "an audio book of outstanding quality aimed at a younger market"
- Western Australia,