The narrow road to the deep north
Flanagan, Richard, 1961-2014
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Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Hailed as a masterpiece, Richard Flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truth.
Main title:
The narrow road to the deep north / Richard Flanagan.
Author:
Flanagan, Richard, 1961-, author
Imprint:
London : Chatto & Windus, 2014.London : Chatto & Windus, 2014.
Collation:
448 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
***Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2014** * Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Hailed as a masterpiece, Richard Flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truth. Originally published: Australia: Knopf, 2013.
ISBN:
9780701189051 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTIONFGEN
Local class:
F
Language:
English
BRN:
1587781