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Death Of A River Guide

By Richard Flanagan
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Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan weaves a compelling tale of Aljaz Cosini, a river guide trapped and drowning during a rafting expedition in Tasmania. As his life hangs in the balance, Aljaz experiences vivid memories and visions, revealing a rich tapestry of his family history and the landscape around him. The novel explores themes of identity, ancestry, and the powerful connection between humans and nature.
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Death Of A River Guide

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One of the most auspicious debuts in Australian writing. – Times Literary Supplement

From the winner of the Man Booker Prize, Death of a River Guide, Richard Flanagan's debut novel, is widely regarded as a classic in Australian literature.

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 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 his past, Aljaz discovers the soul history of his country.

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Death Of A River Guide by Richard Flanagan has been praised for its vivid prose and intricate narrative. Critics commend the novel for its themes of life, death, and memory, depicted through the protagonist's hallucinatory experiences. Readers are often captivated by the rich descriptions of Tasmania's natural landscape and the deep exploration of its historical and cultural layers.

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ISBN: 9781761048111

Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 May 2023

Country: Australia

Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 26.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 251g

Pages: 336

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About the Author

Richard Flanagan has been described by the Washington Post as 'one of our greatest living novelists' and as 'among the most versatile writers in the English language' by the New York Review of Books. He won the Commonwealth Prize for Gould's Book of Fish and the Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North. Question 7 was shortlisted for the Prix Femina etranger and the Prix du meilleur livre etranger as a novel, and won the 2024 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He is the first and only author to have ever won both the Booker and the Baillie Gifford prizes.

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