The Narrow Road to the Deep North

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Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. Hailed as a masterpiece, Richard Flanagan’s epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man’s reckoning with the truth.

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Dorrigo Evans, an Australian army surgeon, is haunted by a forbidden love as he struggles to keep his men alive in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

Before captivity, Dorrigo's affair with Amy Mulvaney reshaped his life. Now, amidst the violence of the Second World War, as Dorrigo struggles to save the men under his commend from starvation, cholera and beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever.

A landmark work of historical fiction, The Narrow Road to the Deep North explores the power of love and the enduring cost of war.

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Weight 0.326 kg
Dimensions 19.9 × 13.1 × 3.1 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

448

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K