Author | Tim Winton |
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Language | English |
Publisher | McPhee Gribble |
Publication date | May 1991 |
Publication place | Australia |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
Pages | 426 pp |
ISBN | 0-14-027398-0 |
OCLC | 220869584 |
Preceded by | In the Winter Dark |
Followed by | The Riders |
Cloudstreet is a novel by Australian writer Tim Winton published in 1991. It chronicles the lives of two working-class families, the Pickles and the Lambs, who come to live together in a large house called Cloudstreet in Perth, Western Australia, over a period of twenty years, 1943 to 1963. The novel received several awards, including a Miles Franklin Award in 1992, and has been adapted into various forms, including a stage play and a television miniseries.
In 2022, the novel was included on the "Big Jubilee Read" list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, selected to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II.[1]