Death of a River Guide was called haunting and ambitious by The New York Times Book Review and a remarkable achievement by The Washington Post Book World. It confirms Richard Flanagan's place among the world's most remarkable voices.Aljaz Cosini is leading a group of tourist on a raft tour down Tasmania's wild Franklin River when his greatest fear is realized -- a tourist falls over-board. An ordinary man with many regrets, Aljaz rises to an uncharacteristic heroism, and offers his own life in trade. Trapped under a rapid and drowning, Aljaz is beset with visions both horrible and fabulous. He sees Couta Ho, the beautiful, spirited woman he loved, and witnesses his uncle Reg having his teeth pulled and sold to pay for a ripple-iron house. He sees cities grow from the wild rain forest and a tree burst into flower in midwinter over his grandfather's forest grave.As the entirety of Tasmanian life -- flora and fauna -- sings him home, Aljaz arrives at a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking, where his family tree branches into stories of all human families, stories that ground him in the land and reveal the soul history of his country.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Grove Press
ISBN-10
0802116825
ISBN-13
9780802116826
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184232783
Product Key Features
Format
Unsewn / Adhesive Bound,PAPER over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
General & Literary Fiction
Author
Richard Flanagan
Additional Product Features
Out-Of-Print Date
11/10/2016
Date of Publication
05/03/2001
Country of Publication
United States
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