THE Reading room
Oct 07, 2020
3 minutes
EDITED by JULIET RIEDEN
Literary fiction
The Living Sea of Waking Dreams by Richard Flanagan, Knopf Australia
There’s a nightmarish aura to Richard Flanagan’s new novel that creeps up on you unawares. The shocks are muffled because they are ignored by his characters, even though humanity and nature are imploding.
Matriarch Francie is dying – if only her children would let her. Siblings Anna and Terzo throw money at keeping Francie alive, while brother Tommy argues
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