The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan

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.

Some years, very good books win the Man Booker Prize but this year a masterpiece has won it * AC. Grayling, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2014 *
a virtuoso performance… every time I pick up the book, I feel – and I mean it – sparks of fire, from some imaginary battlefield. It is that vivid. -- Chigozie Obioma * Metro *
Well worth a read. -- Graeme Demianyk * Huffington Post *
Profoundly moving. * Reading Matters *
The writing is exquisite. -- Jenni Murray * Daily Mail *
The quality of the writing is extraordinary and the emotions it provoked in me have never left -- Helen Edmundson * Week *

Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould’s Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.

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ISBN 13	9780099593584
ISBN 10	0099593580
Titel	The Narrow Road to the Deep North
Autor	Richard Flanagan
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Vintage Publishing
Erscheinungsjahr	2015-03-26
Seitenanzahl	464
Preise	Winner of Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014 (UK), Short-listed for Miles Franklin Award 2014 (UK), Short-listed for I.M.P.A.C. Dublin Award 2015 (UK), Long-listed for The Folio Prize 2015 (UK)
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