The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Synopsis

In 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.

Winner of the 2014 Booker Prize, The Narrow Road to the Deep North 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.

About the Author

Richard Flanagan is one of Australia's most celebrated novelists. His books include Gould's Book of Fish, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Wanting, and Question 7. He was awarded the 2014 Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North, 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.

Publisher

Vintage International

Publication Date

April 14, 2015

Format

Paperback

Pages

416

Subjects

Literary Fiction · Historical Fiction · War Fiction · Australian Literature · Booker Prize Winners

ISBN

9780804171472