{"product_id":"the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north","title":"The Narrow Road to the Deep North","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn August 1943, Australian army surgeon Dorrigo Evans is held captive in a brutal Japanese prisoner-of-war camp on the Thai–Burma Death Railway. Haunted by a passionate affair that has shaped the course of his life, he struggles to keep the men under his command alive amid starvation, disease, and unimaginable cruelty. As the novel moves between wartime and the decades that follow, Evans is forced to reckon with memory, love, guilt, and the lasting scars of survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2014 Booker Prize, \u003cem\u003eThe Narrow Road to the Deep North\u003c\/em\u003e is Richard Flanagan's masterpiece—a sweeping novel of war, desire, and endurance. Inspired in part by his father's experiences as a prisoner of war, it is both an intimate love story and an unflinching portrait of one of the Second World War's darkest chapters. Powerful, compassionate, and beautifully written, it stands among the finest novels of the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Flanagan is one of Australia's most celebrated novelists. His books include \u003cem\u003eGould's Book of Fish\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of One Hand Clapping\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWanting\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eQuestion 7\u003c\/em\u003e. He was awarded the 2014 Booker Prize for \u003cem\u003eThe Narrow Road to the Deep North\u003c\/em\u003e, and his work has been translated into more than forty languages. Widely admired for combining historical depth with lyrical prose, Flanagan is regarded as one of the leading literary voices of his generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage International\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eApril 14, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e416\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSubjects\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLiterary Fiction · Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Australian Literature · Booker Prize Winners\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9780804171472\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Old Post Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45324438372534,"sku":"9780804171472","price":25.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/2264\/4150\/files\/9780804171472.jpg?v=1785858880","url":"https:\/\/oldpostbookshop.com\/products\/the-narrow-road-to-the-deep-north","provider":"Old Post Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}