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Nov 6, 2023 · Flanagan explores the question of who loves longer, a man or a woman, through his personal and historical narratives. He connects his near-death experience, his father's internment, H.G. Wells' novels, and the atomic bomb in a complex and ambitious work.
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Oct 31, 2023 · Question 7 is a book by Australian author Richard Flanagan that explores his family history, his island home, and the connection between H. G. Wells, Rebecca West, and the atomic bomb. It is a genre-defying mix of memoir, history, literature, and philosophy that asks questions about life, love, and reality.
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Jul 8, 2024 · In Chekhov’s Question 7, an elaborate statement about distances travelled is followed by a query, a complete non-sequitur: “Who loves longer, a man or a woman?” Flanagan is a powerful...
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Jun 12, 2024 · “Question 7” is a book of pithy, profound observations as well as engaging meanderings. Mr Flanagan is not afraid of the big questions, namely: What is time? What is love? What is memory?
Sep 15, 2024 · In his unusual, unpredictable and slippery memoir, “Question 7,” the Australian writer Richard Flanagan is quick to call the whole project into doubt: Memories aren’t facts but stories, he ...
Sep 11, 2024 · The eminent Australian novelist Peter Carey, writing in the Sydney Morning Herald, called “ Question 7 ” “a profoundly moving love song for the writer’s parents, a forensic excavation, a lament,...
Oct 31, 2023 · Question 7 is a genre-defying book that explores the choices we make about love and the chain reaction that follows. It connects the author's parents, Tasmania, Hiroshima, H. G. Wells and Rebecca West through a daisy chain of events and a philosophical inquiry.
