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Question 7 / Richard Flanagan.
"By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West's affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan's father working as a slave labourer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this daisy chain of events reaches fission when Flanagan as a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river not knowing if he is to live or to die. At once a love song to his island home and to his parents, this hypnotic melding of dream, history, place and memory is about how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593802335 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 280 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2023
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| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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- Baker & Taylor
"By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca West's affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan's father working as a slave labourer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this daisy chain of events reaches fission when Flanagan as a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river not knowing if he is to live or to die. At once a love song to his island home and to his parents, this hypnotic melding of dream, history, place and memory is about how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves"-- - Baker & Taylor
In this hypnotic fusion of dream, history, place and memory, the Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, honoring his island home and parents, explores how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves. - Random House, Inc.
THE WASHINGTON POST'S TOP TEN NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR â¢Â WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE ⢠SHORTLISTED FOR PRIX FÃMINA ETRANGER â¢Â LONGLISTED FOR PRIX MÃDICIS ⢠An exquisite, genre-defying new book from the Booker Prizeâwinning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, a reckoning with his life and family, and the role of fiction in our times
"Spectacular. . . A book that will have an overwhelming effect on readers.â âColm TóibÃn, author of Long Island
Sometimes I wonder why we keep returning to beginningsâwhy we seek the single thread we might pull to unravel the tapestry we call our life...
By way of H. G. Wells and Rebecca Westâs affair through 1930s nuclear physics to Flanagan's father working as a slave laborer near Hiroshima when the atom bomb is dropped, this daisy chain of events reaches fission when Flanagan as a young man finds himself trapped in a rapid on a wild river not knowing if he is to live or to die.
At once a love song to his island home and to his parents, this hypnotic melding of dream, history, place and memory is about how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves.
