Scission & Other Stories

Scission, Tim Winton's first collection of short fiction, contains spare, jagged stories in which people struggle with change and disintegration.

Scission, Tim Winton's first collection of short fiction, contains spare, jagged stories in which people struggle with change and disintegration.

These startling stories deal with men, women and children whose lives are coming apart and whose hearts are breaking. Honest, beautiful, shattering tales - vintage Winton.

About the Author

Tim Winton has published twenty-nine books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.