![]() ![]() PTSD is important, of course, but Flanagan is interested in broader issues. This sounds like it could be PTSD, but it’s not. Dorrigo Evans never knew if he had read this or made it up. Chapter 2 of Book 1, commences:Ī happy man has no past, while an unhappy man has nothing else. He survived the POW camp for one thing, was highly regarded in his career, became a war-hero celebrity due to a documentary (loved this!), and had a long-lasting marriage with three children. ![]() On the surface, Dorrigo had a successful life. It’s one hell of a tale … and not exactly what I expected. Consequently, I spent the last few days of September engrossed in the life of Dorrigo Evans, war-hero, lover of poetry (and of too many women), and, most significantly, POW from the Thai-Burma Railway. ![]() ![]() I know I’m late reading it – but this is because I’ve been saving it until my reading group did it, which was earlier this week. Richard Flanagan’s Booker Prize shortlisted The narrow road to the deep north is, without being sentimental or glossing over the horror, a generous book – and this is why I expect it will be one of those books I’ll remember long into the future. I love generosity of spirit, the ability to rise above terrible things to see the humanity that lies beneath. ![]()
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