G: I loved this book. It was a different war story or maybe because it seemed so because it was in a different setting than usual. Some might compare it to Unbroken, which not a bad thing. It was moving, I stayed connected and could not put it down. This book is based on the historical building of the Thai-Burma death railway in 1943. The Japanese commanded POW's to work in unspeakable conditions and to the point of death to meet a deadline. The main character is an Australian surgeon who protects those under his command. This is a "Don't Miss - Read" on my list.
Amazon: In The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan displays the gifts that have made him one of the most acclaimed writers of contemporary fiction. Moving deftly from a Japanese POW camp to present-day Australia, from the experiences of Dorrigo Evans and his fellow prisoners to that of the Japanese guards, this savagely beautiful novel tells a story of the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.
“The book Richard Flanagan was born to write.” —The Economist
“A supple meditation on memory, trauma, and empathy that is also a sublime war novel . . . Pellucid, epic, and sincerely touching.” —Publishers Weekly
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