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The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Richard Flanagan
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Description for The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Paperback. 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, her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to the place of her childhood to visit her drunkard father. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBF; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 244 x 37. Weight in Grams: 318.
FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 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, her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to the place of her childhood to visit her drunkard father. The shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, changing forever his living death and her ordered life.
FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 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, her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to the place of her childhood to visit her drunkard father. The shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, changing forever his living death and her ordered life.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784704186
SKU
V9781784704186
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About Richard Flanagan
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 ... Read more
Reviews for The Sound of One Hand Clapping
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more