Death of a River Guide [electronic resource]
Flanagan, Richard2014
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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.
Main title:
Death of a River Guide [electronic resource] / Richard Flanagan
Author:
Flanagan, Richard, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Atlantic Books, 2014
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Biography/History:
Richard Flanagan is the author of three novels which have all been published to international acclaim: Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping and Gould's Book of Fish. His novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North won the Man Booker Prize 2014. He lives with his family in West Hobart, Tasmania.
ISBN:
9781782395638
Language:
English
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BRN:
2327984