The Resource The narrow road to the deep north, Richard Flanagan
The narrow road to the deep north, Richard Flanagan
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The item The narrow road to the deep north, Richard Flanagan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- What would you do if you saw the love of your life, whom you thought dead for a quarter of a century, walking towards you? Richard Flanagan's story, of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a love affair with his uncle's wife, journeys from the caves of Tasmanian trappers in the early twentieth century to a crumbling pre-war beachside hotel; from a Thai jungle prison to a Japanese snow festival; from the Changi gallows to a chance meeting of lovers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Taking its title from 17th-century haiku poet Basho's travel journal, The Narrow Road To The Deep North is about the impossibility of love. At its heart is one day in a Japanese slave labour camp in August 1943. As the day builds to its horrific climax, Dorrigo Evans battles and fails in his quest to save the lives of his fellow POWs, a man is killed for no reason, and a love story unfolds
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 467 pages.
- Isbn
- 9780701189051
- Label
- The narrow road to the deep north
- Title
- The narrow road to the deep north
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Flanagan
- Subject
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- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLove stories
- trueSurvivor guilt
- truePrisoners of war, Australian
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueBurma-Siam Railroad
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | Fiction
- trueSurvival (in concentration camps, prisons, etc.)
- trueForced labor
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueThailand -- History -- 20th century
- trueViolence
- trueWar stories
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueLovers
- trueGuilt in men
- Surgeons -- Australia -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- What would you do if you saw the love of your life, whom you thought dead for a quarter of a century, walking towards you? Richard Flanagan's story, of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a love affair with his uncle's wife, journeys from the caves of Tasmanian trappers in the early twentieth century to a crumbling pre-war beachside hotel; from a Thai jungle prison to a Japanese snow festival; from the Changi gallows to a chance meeting of lovers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Taking its title from 17th-century haiku poet Basho's travel journal, The Narrow Road To The Deep North is about the impossibility of love. At its heart is one day in a Japanese slave labour camp in August 1943. As the day builds to its horrific climax, Dorrigo Evans battles and fails in his quest to save the lives of his fellow POWs, a man is killed for no reason, and a love story unfolds
- Summary
- Haunted by the death of his wife while attending brutally sick and injured soldiers at a World War II Japanese POW camp, surgeon Dorrigo Evans receives a letter that irrevocably shapes the subsequent decades of his life in Australia
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Man Booker Prize, 2014.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Tasmania Book Prizes, Margaret Scott Prize, 2015.
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction, 2014.
- Queensland Literary Awards, Fiction Book Award, 2014.
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction category, 2014.
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2014.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10233974
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Flanagan, Richard
- Dewey number
- 823.3
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Surgeons
- World War, 1939-1945
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The narrow road to the deep north, Richard Flanagan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000050531523
- Extent
- 467 pages.
- Isbn
- 9780701189051
- Label
- The narrow road to the deep north, Richard Flanagan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Control code
- 000050531523
- Extent
- 467 pages.
- Isbn
- 9780701189051
Subject
- true1940s -- 1940 -- 1949
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBurma-Siam Railroad
- trueForced labor
- trueGuilt in men
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueLove stories
- trueLovers
- trueMen/women relations
- truePrisoners of war, Australian
- Surgeons -- Australia -- Fiction
- trueSurvival (in concentration camps, prisons, etc.)
- trueSurvivor guilt
- trueThailand -- History -- 20th century
- trueViolence
- trueWar stories
- trueWorld War II -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | Fiction
Genre
- trueAustralian fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLove stories
- trueWar stories
Included in
- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2015
- trueAustralian Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction
- trueLiterary Fiction (AU)
- trueMan Booker Prize
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2014
- trueQueensland Literary Awards: Fiction Book Award
- trueTasmanian Premier’s Literary Prizes: Margaret Scott Prize
- trueTroubled Times
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Fiction
- trueWestern Australian Premier's Book Awards: Premier's Prize
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2015.
- Award
- Man Booker Prize, 2014.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2014
- Award
- Tasmania Book Prizes, Margaret Scott Prize, 2015.
- Award
- Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Fiction, 2014.
- Award
- Queensland Literary Awards, Fiction Book Award, 2014.
- Award
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Fiction category, 2014.
- Award
- Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, Premier's Prize, 2014.
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