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  • The Narrow Road to the Deep North

  • By: Richard Flanagan
  • Narrated by: David Atlas
  • Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (32 ratings)

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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

By: Richard Flanagan
Narrated by: David Atlas
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Publisher's summary

Winner of the Man Booker Prize

“Nothing since Cormac McCarthy’s The Road has shaken me like this.”—The Washington Post

In The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan displays the gifts that have made him one of the most acclaimed writers of contemporary fiction. Moving deftly from a Japanese POW camp to present-day Australia, from the experiences of Dorrigo Evans and his fellow prisoners to that of the Japanese guards, this savagely beautiful novel tells a story of the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.

©2013 Richard Flanagan (P)2022 Random House Audio
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Critic reviews

2014, Booker Prize: Winner

“Richard Flanagan has written a sort of Australian War and Peace.”—Alan Cheuse, NPR

“A symphony of tenderness and love, a moving and powerful story that captures the weight and breadth of a life . . . A masterpiece.”The Guardian

“Some years, very good books win the Man Booker Prize, but this year a masterpiece has won it.”—A.C. Grayling, Chair of Judges, Man Booker Prize 2014

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A Sparkling Gem

A painfully beautiful book w/outstanding narration. Masterful prose coupled with a compelling complex story.

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A masterpiece of writing

Absolutely riveting. A truly moving story. If I could, I would give it 10 stars.

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Excellent

A masterpiece of writing. Beautiful words, story and education wrapped in this novel. A rare gift bestowed on those who read or listen .

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The vanity and stupidity of the author

There was nothing to “like,” All I felt or wondered was more akin to an older bored tomcat toying with entrails of a half of a rotten fish stinking of decayed meaning of a publisher, author, editor who took part in the creation of this putrid excuse for a book.

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