The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

by RichardFlanagan (Author)

Synopsis

In the winter of 1954, in a construction camp in the remote Tasmanian highlands, when Sonja Buloh was three years old and her father was drinking too much, Sonja's mother walked into a blizzard never to return. Some thirty-five years later, when Sonja visits Tasmania and her drunkard father, the shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present - changing for ever his living death and her ordered life...The Sound of One Hand Clapping is about the underbelly of Australia, the barbarism of Europe, and the destiny of those in the country beyond hope who seek to redeem themselves through love.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 448
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 26 May 2016

ISBN 10: 1784704180
ISBN 13: 9781784704186
Book Overview: From 2014 Man Booker Prize winner Richard Flanagan comes a novel of heartbreaking beauty about war, migration and destitution

Media Reviews
Enthralling and powerful * The Times *
This is a confident and poignant novel and succeeds in animating a set of people rarely seen in literary fiction * Guardian *
A rare and remarkable achievement * Los Angeles Times *
Destined to be a classic * Melbourne Herald Sun *
The Sound of One Hand Clapping achieves the difficult task of making clear and real the lives of those who normally stay hidden in history. From its wonderfully atmospheric opening to its touching conclusion, this is a heartbreaking story * Literary Review *
Author Bio
Richard Flanagan was born in Tasmania in 1961. His novels Death of a River Guide, The Sound of One Hand Clapping, Gould's Book of Fish, The Unknown Terrorist, Wanting and The Narrow Road to the Deep North have received numerous honours and are published in 42 countries. He won the Man Booker Prize for The Narrow Road to the Deep North in 2014.