The Narrow Road to The Deep North

Sydney: Knopf, (2013). First edition, 1st printing. 8vo. 467 pp. Original black paper-covered boards, stamped in black, in original unclipped dust-jacket. Light shelf and handling wear. Protected in archival mylar. Book is tight, square and firm. Mild shelf and handling wear with smudges. Light wear to edges with typical toning to page edges. Top corners bumped. Light curling to spine ends.

Dust Jacket: Near Fine

Hardcover: Near Fine

“The Narrow Road to the Deep North is the sixth novel by Richard Flanagan, and was the winner of the 2014 Booker Prize. The novel tells the story of an Australian doctor haunted by memories of a love affair with his uncle's wife and of his subsequent experiences as a Far East prisoner of war during the construction of the Burma Railway. Decades later, he finds his growing celebrity at odds with his feelings of failure and guilt. The title is taken from the 17th century epic Oku no Hosomichi,[1] the travel diary and magnum opus of Japanese poet Matsuo Bashō.”