Death of a River Guide

Author(s): Richard Flanagan

Modern & Contemporary Literature

THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014'S MAGNIFICENT FIRST NOVEL

Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears. In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped bare of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking. As the river rises his visions grow more turbulent, and in the flood of the past Aljaz discovers the soul of his country.


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General Fields

  • : 9780802138637
  • : Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
  • : Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
  • : 0.38
  • : February 2002
  • : .66 Inches X 5.5 Inches X 8.25 Inches
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Richard Flanagan
  • : Richard Flanagan
  • : 336
  • : 336
  • : 823/.914
  • : 823/.914
  • : English
  • : English
  • : Paperback
  • : Paperback