Richard Flanagan
2015-04-14
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • A magisterial novel of love and war that traces the life of one man from World War II to the present.
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"Magnificent." —The New York Times Book Review
"Nothing short of a masterpiece." —Financial Times
August, 1943: Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. His life, in a brutal Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma Death Railway, is a daily struggle to save the men under his command. Until he receives a letter that will change him forever.
A savagely beautiful novel about the many forms of good and evil, of truth and transcendence, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.
Flanagan's epic story of war, survival, and the quest for redemption struck a chord with me. The narrative's meticulous attention to the visceral experience of prisoners of war, coupled with its profound philosophical undertones, resonates with my own experiences of navigating high-stakes environments. The prose is both lyrical and harrowing, offering a stark contrast to the technical precision I usually seek in narratives. This book expanded my horizon, introducing me to the horrors of war through a lens of deep human emotion and suffering.
