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The prisoners work day and night with the most primitive tools in order to try and get the railroad built


Flanagan brought me to my mental knees with the humanity and love he had for the men in the story


It is compelling in its other sections which do not deal with the pow camp as well


Parts iiv of this book are extraordinarily well written with the methodical employment of the streamofconsciousness technique t...  Read More

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Dorrigo is an interesting and complex character


Flanagan is a writer who i have just become familiar with

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    japanese, novel, good, australian and written.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 4,041 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 2 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Interesting story of a lifetime of survival in a hostile wartime pow camp only to be puzzled by an after wartime life of allowing events to unfold with little attempt to control them


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    One critic called it australia’s “war and peace”—no exaggeration


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A big thankyou to author richard flanagan for this work


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Difficult to read the descriptions of torture although the details certainly added to a clear image of the human condition during times of war


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    All captured in the small crimson flower by the road


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Not always a pleasant story but gorgeously told and crafted by a master writer


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This author is an amazing talent and the novel is one that truly shouldnt be missed


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This is not an easy book to read

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