DEATH OF A RIVER GUIDE. Flanagan, Richard.
31747 New York: Grove Press, (2000.) Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Tasmanian author's very highly praised and prize-winning first novel, originally published in Australia in 1994: 'Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears... In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking.' Winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for first fiction and the South Australian Premier's Award. 326 pp. Fine (a new copy) in illustrated wrappers. 1st ed - $20.00USD Click here to order or message the dealer
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