![]() ![]() Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks and podcasts. This sentiment solidifies Dorrigo’s belief that life “just is” and alleviates his responsibility for his lack of love. The Narrow Road to the Deep North By: Richard Flanagan Narrated by: Richard Flanagan Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins 4.1 (151 ratings) Try for 0.00 Pick 1 title (2 titles for Prime members) from our collection of bestsellers and new releases. After leaving Jack Rainbow’s widow, Dorrigo discusses love with a trucker, who reaffirms that life is predestined: “Maybe we just get given our faces, our lives, our fate, our happiness and unhappiness” (331). Like Sisyphus, he continues to make what he believes to be a doomed effort. He does not give up or commit suicide, despite his loneliness and despair. The irony is that he continues to seek distraction in poetry and women. When there is no purpose, and life seems to be nothing but chaos, efforts to change reality seem naïve to Dorrigo. This casts a cynical light on Darky’s optimism, Ella’s efforts to maintain his attention, and his own halfhearted attempts to remain faithful to her. When something horrible happens, he believes that it was always going to happen, no matter what. He says the same thing about the existence and purpose of horror. Dorrigo often thinks that there is no purpose to the world or to his life: “The world. ![]()
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