Death of a River Guide - Softcover

Richard Flanagan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843542196 ISBN 13: 9781843542193

Publisher: Atlantic Books, 2004

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Review:

This first novel combines the narrative ingenuity of Golding's Pincher Martin with the imaginative detail of De Bernieres' Captain Corelli. It's a torrent of a book - take the plunge Source: Independent

Death of a River Guide defies superlatives. It is that rare commodity - a wonderful fiction which has pace, depth of feeling, and infinite imaginative possibilities Source: Scotland on Sunday

One of the most auspicious debuts in Australian writing Source: TLS

Combines a rich voice, highly original, with great invention and engrossing narrative pace... very, very good indeed Source: Thomas Keneally

Richard Flanagan's first novel could well become a classic, doing for Tasmania what Gabriel Garcia Márquez did for Colombia or William Faulkner did for Mississippi Source: Mercury (Tasmania)

From the Author:

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 latest novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North won the Man Booker Prize 2014. He lives with his family in West Hobart, Tasmania.

About this edition

• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1843542196
• ISBN 13: 9781843542193
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 326