The Narrow Road to the Deep North
About this book
The Narrow Road to the Deep North is a love story unfolding over half a century between a doctor and his uncle’s wife. Taking its title from one of the most famous books in Japanese literature, written by the great haiku poet Basho, Flanagan’s novel has as its heart one of the most infamous episodes of Japanese history, the construction of the Thailand-Burma Death Railway in World War II. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. [Source][1] [1]: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/books/narrow-road-deep-north
Reader Profile
4.0/5 · 386 readers · 464 pages · ≈ 8 h 36 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read The Narrow Road to the Deep North?
About ≈ 8 h 36 m — 464 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Narrow Road to the Deep North?
464 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Narrow Road to the Deep North?
It sits on the History, Fiction shelves.
Has The Narrow Road to the Deep North been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Is The Narrow Road to the Deep North in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Narrow Road to the Deep North?
Richard Flanagan.