Death of a River Guide (Paperback)

from laytonwoman3rd

Against his better judgment, but needing the money, Aljaz Cosini agrees to take on one more river excursion, guiding a group of tourists down the remote Tasmanian Franklin with its treacherous rapids, magnificent gorges and waterfalls, challenging portage and marginal campsites. Despite having be...

from bodachliath

This is Richard Flanagan's first novel, and it is not an easy one to assess. It tells the story of Aljaz, a river guide who leads rafting parties down a Tasmanian river. From the start it is clear that Aljaz is dying, and the book describes his visions of his past, his ancestry and the wider hist...

from siri51

Evocative setting on the Franklin, guiding, punters, history of family in Tas. Bookclub wasn't keen on the magic realism but it was a well crafted novel.

from TheWasp

Aljaz Cosini, a rafting tour guide, is drowing in the wild waters of the Franklin River in Tasmania. As the water holds him down he experiences visions of his family down thru the generations and learns about himself and his history. I enjoyed the second half of the book more, as I found the begi...

from robfwalter

I think I'm justified in calling the genre of this book magic realism. However, it's a sort of magic-realism-lite, since it's written by a white English-speaking man with no particular religious background. Yes, there are ghost animals at the dinner table, but they don't actually talk. Yes, there...