Breath

by

Tim Winton

Breath

As its title implies, Breath is centrally concerned with the phenomenon of breathing. Unlike most people, who never think about their own breathing until something goes wrong with it, teenage Bruce has been thinking about…

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Brewer Surfboard

The Brewer surfboard that Sando gives to Bruce embodies Bruce’s struggle to prove his worth to himself as well as to Loonie and Sando. The first time Sando takes Bruce to surf Old Smoky, he…

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