Rising (novel)
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| Author | R. C. Hutchinson |
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| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 1976 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 359 |
| ISBN | 0-71811-523-6 |
| OCLC | 664325056 |
Rising is a 1976 novel by R. C. Hutchinson. The novel, posthumously published by Michael Joseph following the author's death the previous year, was shortlisted for the 1976 Booker Prize.[1] Hutchinson was writing the novel's final section when he died, and an outline of the conclusion, based on his notes, was included in a postscript written by his widow.
Set in a remote region of the Andes, Rising follows Sabino as he leads a peasant militia against rebels who are attacking a railway line that is vital to his family's copper mine. Sabino, who is famed for his brutality, is diverted from his mission by the pursuit of a doctor, Papac, whom he wrongly blames for being spurned by a former lover. Sabino had believed the doctor to be dead, but he apparently yet lives.[2]
