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By: Richard Flanagan
Narrated by: Richard Flanagan
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Summary

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 genre-defying 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, literature, place and memory is about how reality is never made by realists and how our lives so often arise out of the stories of others and the stories we invent about ourselves.

©2023 Richard Flanagan (P)2023 Penguin Random House Australia Audio Essays Nonfiction Thought-Provoking
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Not a chronological memoir but a tapestry of memories some crystal clear and others dreamlike. He has had an unusual life and I’m grateful he has the ability to share it the way he has.

An Extraordinary book

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Another masterpiece from one of Australia’s best authors and storytellers. Highly recommended. A must read.

Stunning

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This book is so much more than a pean to Tasmania and a deeply thoughtful and honest man’s recollection of his family. His insights into memory, truth, ethical behaviour, history and possibilities are astounding. I know that anyone who reads this book will be enriched by the experience and will have the ability to view the world through a new powerful lens.

The honesty of the author Richard Flannigan

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Beautiful thoughtful rich writing. This has become one of my favourite books. Beautifully narrated by the author.

Beautiful

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Flanagan is a Literary genius and creates beautiful threads of life and the universe woven together. He writes of how we are all connected to single points in history

Best listening

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