Booker Prize Winner
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
by Richard Flanagan
Summary
Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted, decades after the war, by his time as a prisoner of the Japanese on the Thailand-Burma Death Railway and by a love affair that preceded it. Flanagan moves between jungle, hospital, and memory with a cadence shaped by haiku and classical Japanese poetry. The novel grapples with heroism, cruelty, and how survivors learn to live inside their own legends.
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Historical Context & Significance
The first year the prize was opened to authors from any country, including the United States.