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Miles Franklin Literary Award まいるず・ふらんくりん ぶんがくしょう

Edition 50 (2009)

Literary awardNovelAustralian literatureFiction

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Breath is a story of adolescent risk and self-discovery through surfing. It explores the pull of masculinity, dangerous adventure, and the uneasy balance between salvation and ruin through the relationship between a younger boy and an older mentor.

A boy tests his limits in the pull of waves and danger.

288 pages
adolescence and growthsurfing culturemasculinity and risknature and self-discovery