![]() And as counterpoint to his hidden sexuality, I wanted Evelyn to be celebrating hers. I wanted my character Evelyn to meet him and spend time with him. And it is this sensibility that runs through all his books. This is because Cloudstreet explores universal values relevant to modern society. Its resilience is a direct consequence of its ability to appeal to readers regardless of personal context. ![]() Forster had not long left university and was unsure what he wanted to do. Tim Winton’s iconic Australian novel, Cloudstreet has been highly regarded by audiences as a text of great value. I was always intrigued by the cockney landlady who runs the fictional Pensione Bertolini, but who also ran the real life Pensione Simi which Forster stayed in with his mother at the start of his year-long trip around Italy. He has won the Miles Franklin Literary Award four times (for Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music, and Breath) and has twice been short-listed for the Booker. Forster’s emphasis on class and the themes of sacred versus the profane, the educated versus the not, and who has the right to comment on art. The preeminent Australian novelist of his generation, Tim Winton is the author of the bestselling novels Cloudstreet, The Riders, and Dirt Music, among many other books. The book is a very different beast entirely much darker. It was the film I came to first, back in 1985, and it was much talked about at the time because my acting agent Julian Belfrage had four clients in it, if I remember correctly. ![]() It would be hard to write a novel about Florence and not feel the dust of Forster’s novel settle across the page. ![]()
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