The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan

The Sound of One Hand Clapping by Richard Flanagan is a novel of family and the lingering past, set in Tasmania.

In the winter of 1954, at a construction camp in the Tasmanian highlands, Sonja’s mother walks into a blizzard and never returns. Thirty-five years later, an adult Sonja returns to Tasmania and her father, whose life is marked by drinking. As they meet again, the past begins to intrude on her present.

An atmospheric choice for readers drawn to Australian fiction and family stories shaped by loss and memory.

Secondhand paperback, published in 1998, in very good condition.