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The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2013

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What does the railway represent to the Japanese? What does it represent to the POWs? 

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What does it mean when the Goanna says he has never had an idea of his own? 

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Do you believe the author of the novel is a pessimist or an optimist? Cite textual evidence to support your position. 

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