Richard Flanagan (born 1961) is an author, historian and film director from Tasmania, Australia. He was president of the Tasmania University Union and a Rhodes Scholar. Each of his novels has attracted major praise. His first, Death of a River Guide (1994), was short-listed for the Miles Franklin Award, as were his next two, The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997) and Gould's Book of Fish (2001). His earlier, non-fiction titles include books about the Gordon River, student issues, and the story of conman John Friedrich.
Two of his novels are set on the West Coast of Tasmania; where he lived in the township of Rosebery as a child. Death of a River Guide relates to the Franklin River, Gould's Book of Fish to the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, and The Sound of One Hand Clapping to the Hydro settlements in the Central Highlands of Tasmania.
Shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize
A novel of the cruelty of war, and tenuousness of life and the impossibility of love.
Richard Flanagan's story — of Dorrigo Evans, an Australian doctor haunted by a love affair with his uncle's wife — journeys from the caves of Tasmanian trappers in the early twentieth century to a crumbling pre-war beachside hotel, from a Thai jungle prison to a Japanese snow festival, from the Changi gallows to a chance meeting of lovers on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Taking its title from 17th-century haiku poet Basho's travel journal, The Narrow Road To The Deep North is about the impossibility of love. At its heart is one day in a Japanese slave labour camp in August 1943. As the day builds to its horrific climax, Dorrigo Evans battles and fails in his quest to save the lives of his fellow POWs, a man is killed for no reason, and a love story unfolds.
發表於2024-11-25
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剋裏斯托弗·衣修伍德說這是場考驗。他十分著迷於一種念頭,就是他那一代的男子生得太晚,沒能參加大戰,也就沒能經曆強加於他們父輩的那種男性成人禮。1915年衣修伍德十歲,他的父親、職業軍人弗蘭剋·衣修伍德死在法國戰場上。這對他産生瞭極深的影響。男性氣概的考驗,對他...
評分奮鬥、探索、尋求,而不屈服。(《尤利西斯》丁尼生) 在位於泰、緬交界的他念他翁山脈與比勞山脈的原始森林裏,曾有一條長達415公裏的鐵路,從泰國的北碧府,沿著小桂河左岸嚮西北方嚮延伸,經邊卡三塔關,進入緬甸國境,到達緬甸毛淡棉鎮南部的丹彪紮亞。這條鐵路名...
評分 評分二戰時期,理查德·弗蘭納根的父親成為日軍的戰俘,被迫修建泰緬鐵路的“死亡綫”,作為戰俘營的幸存者之一,他在期間的經曆瞭人間地獄般地磨難,因為父親的親生經曆,促使瞭作者曆經12年,幾度易稿,寫瞭這本《深入北方的小路》。這本書主要講述的是二戰時期一位澳大利亞的軍...
評分圖書標籤: 布剋奬 小說 澳大利亞 文學 理查·弗拉納根 2014 英文原版 布剋
A life.
評分“And yet, when called upon, he- this soft-eyed boy with the lamp- he too would kill brutally and in turn be killed. “ 讀最後一章的時候淚止不住的流。或許是我纔疏學淺,隻覺得至今讀過的印象最深刻的、在我心裏最偉大的佳作都或誕生於或基於最苦痛、最黑暗的曆史。我也始終認為文學最本質的意義應該是記錄一代人的記憶。但當那個時代的人們漸漸從我們身邊離去,象徵著那個時代的作品大多已經在文學史上收獲瞭重要的位置,我們這一代人又將為後世留下什麼呢?又有什麼樣的作品足夠承載我們的共同記憶呢?
評分這本紙質書已經買瞭有小幾個月瞭。最初看瞭一會,覺得沒啥意思,就一直擱置至今。今天正好狀態對頭,撿起來就杯咖啡就看進去瞭。我發現,要解碼此書並不容易,需要精力集中並且狀態對頭。否則,書中文字看起來就是亂碼。豐富的細節以神經質的方式突嚕齣來,形神一體,關鍵是怪異。字不夠不說瞭。
評分實至名歸。盡管直接描述POW的篇幅不多 但那傳達的痛苦 無能為力和悲傷讓人哭都哭不齣來。誰都不是幸存者。等中文版齣來我一定要再讀一遍
評分作者沒有老馬的功力,卻試圖在《霍亂》這種高地上立澳大利亞的國旗,隻可謂勇氣可嘉。
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