tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237368575415340913.post4934275854029251776..comments2023-01-17T07:07:30.034+11:00Comments on Booknotes: Richard Flanagan's incredible The Narrow Road to the Deep NorthPeter Donoughuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02697552041984454181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237368575415340913.post-42473277712974014502014-10-23T16:18:22.754+11:002014-10-23T16:18:22.754+11:00I cried too.
This book is a towering literary ach...I cried too. <br />This book is a towering literary achievement I never wanted to end.<br />Who will ever forget the honesty, exhilaration and frisson of the love between Amy and The Big Fella. <br /><br />An important read for Australians of any generation. .. about war and love.. a lesson on both for many.<br />I'm Australian and my parent's generation fought in WW2 and I knew men who were POW's and worked on the Burma Railway. They came back with big heads and stick bodies and they never put on weight... we never knew their horrors, but were sorry for their misery.<br /><br />I cannot say enough about this book. Listen to it on Audible, its read by an Australian. Outstanding.Mark Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05697010962239808654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-237368575415340913.post-14559188357526447012014-01-20T19:04:34.311+11:002014-01-20T19:04:34.311+11:00I googled Nikitaris's fish shop to see if it w...I googled Nikitaris's fish shop to see if it was a real place. I cried when the old man forgave them and told them about his son.paul saxbynoreply@blogger.com