Death Of A River Guide - Couverture souple

Richard Flanagan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0143790757 ISBN 13 : 9780143790754

Editeur : Penguin Books Australia, 2018

Synopsis

Aljaz Cosini is leading a group of tourists on a raft tour down Tasmania's wild Franklin River when his greatest fear is realized—a tourist falls overboard. 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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Australia
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0143790757
• ISBN 13: 9780143790754
• Reliure: Mass Market Paperback
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible