RichardFlanagan: Critical Essays is the first book to be published about thelife and work of this major world author. Written by twelve leading criticsfrom Australia, Europe and North America, these richly varied essays offer newways of understanding Flanagan's contribution to Tasmanian, Australian andworld literature.

Flanagan's fictional worlds offer empathetic,often poignant, renderings of those whose voices have been lost beneathofficial accounts of history, stories from a small region that have made theirmark on a global scale. Considering his seven novels as well as his non-fiction,journalism and correspondence, this collection examines the historical andgeographical factors that have shaped Flanagan's representation of Tasmanianidentity.

This collection offers new insights into adeterminedly regional writer, and the impact he has had on a local,national and global scale.