Death of a River Guide
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Cover of 1994 McPhee Gribble paperback edition | |
| Author | Richard Flanagan |
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| Cover artist | Design: Beth McKinlay; Illustration: Patrick Hall |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | McPhee Gribble, Australia |
Publication date | 1994 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 326 pp |
| ISBN | 0-86914-344-1 |
| OCLC | 32780236 |
| 823 20 | |
| LC Class | PR9619.3.F525 D43 1994 |
| Followed by | The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1997) |
Death of a River Guide is a 1994 novel by Australian author Richard Flanagan. Death of a River Guide was Flanagan's first novel.[1]
Awards
- Festival Awards for Literature (SA), National Fiction Award, 1996: winner
- Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Shaeffer Pen Prize for First Fiction, 1995: winner
- NBC Banjo Awards, NBC Banjo Award for Fiction, 1995: shortlisted
- Miles Franklin Literary Award 1995: shortlisted
Notes
This novel has been translated into French (2000), Slovenian (2003), Dutch (2003), Spanish (2003), German (2004), and Italian (2005).