Blueback: A Contemporary Fable
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Winner TDK Australian Audio Book of the Year Awards / Audio Book for Young People 1998Winner West Australian Young Readers' Book Award (WAYRBA) / Hoffman Award 1999Winner Wilderness Society... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0684845652
ISBN13:9780684845654
Release Date:March 1998
Publisher:Scribner Book Company
Length:95 Pages
Weight:0.49 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 7.8"
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A Beautiful Fable
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Abel Jackson, who lives with his widowed mother on the coast of Western Australia, has always been in love with the sea. He and his mother dive for abalone to make a living, but they are always careful not to abuse nature in any way. From the age of ten Abel is friends with a huge groper, "as fat as an opera singer," whom he names Blueback. Years later after he has become a successful marine biologist "married to another marine biologist," he returns to the place where he grew up to care for his aging mother, described as not your average mother for she too loves the sea and its inhabitants and simply outlasts the developers intent on building a resort where she lives, complete with a hotel, golf course, swimming pool, a marina with the accompanying "rich tourists," "international entrepreneurs" and whalewatchers. All Abel's life he is intent on learning the "language of the sea." Mr. Winton calls this extended short story "a contemporary fable" in which he says that we violate nature at our own peril. We can learn from the sea and its inhabitants by watching and listening. And greed is an awful thing. This little volume is a great book for children-- and their parents.
Perfect
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
A glorious little book,to be read over and over
A captivating read !
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
This book was read on Montana Public Radio, and is a wonderful, moving story of nature, change, and humanity. Rich in its simplicity, profound in its beauty. Highly recommended.
superb
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
Brilliant, touching, superb. Highly recommend to anyone who's human. Life changing.
A fresh piece of literature
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 27 years ago
An easy to read, fresh alternative to the 'usual' literature. Excellent description and portrayal (sp) of a different lifestyle. Top Notch Tim.
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