Living Sea of Waking Dreams
From the Booker prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North
By Richard Flanagan | Publisher: Random House
About the book
'Striking...brilliantly done' The Times
An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best.
Anna's aged mother is dying - if her three children would just allow it. Forced by their pity to stay alive, she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight.
When Anna's finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing, but no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into a strangely beautiful novel about hope, love and orange-bellied parrots.
'One of our greatest living novelists' Washington Post
Editions of Living Sea of Waking Dreams
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781529114058
- EBook
- ISBN 9781473585607
Read an Excerpt
'Striking...brilliantly done' The Times
An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best.
Anna's aged mother is dying - if her three children would just allow it. Forced by their pity to stay alive, she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight.
When Anna's finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing, but no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into a strangely beautiful novel about hope, love and orange-bellied parrots.
'One of our greatest living novelists' Washington Post
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Living Sea of Waking Dreams about?
'Striking...brilliantly done' The Times
An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best.
Anna's aged mother is dying - if her three children would just allow it. Forced by their pity to stay alive, she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight.
When Anna's finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing, but no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into a strangely beautiful novel about hope, love and orange-bellied parrots.
'One of our greatest living novelists' Washington Post
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Living Sea of Waking Dreams?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general
Where can I read a sample of Living Sea of Waking Dreams?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781529114058
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Living Sea of Waking Dreams?
Richard Flanagan
Who is the Publisher of the book Living Sea of Waking Dreams?
Random House
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Living Sea of Waking Dreams is available as paperback(ISBN 9781529114058) and ebook(ISBN 9781473585607)
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