Death Of A River Guide

Richard Flanagan

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Penguin
16 May 2023

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Australian Fiction

'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.

By: Richard Flanagan
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 231g
ISBN: 9781761048111
ISBN 10: 1761048112
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 16 May 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Flanagan's novels have received numerous honours and are published in forty-two countries. He won the Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North and the Commonwealth Prize for Gould's Book of Fish. A rapid on the Franklin River is named after him.