| Rising | |
| Author: | R. C. Hutchinson |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Publisher: | Michael Joseph |
| Pub Date: | 1976 |
| 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]
Rising was shortlisted for the 1976 Booker Prize, which was won by David Storey for Saville.[1]