The sound of one hand clapping : [sound recording] / Richard Flanagan ; read by Humphrey Bower.
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SoundPublication details: Ultimo, N.S.W. : ABC : Bolinda Audio, 2012Description: 9 sound discs (CD) (10 hr., 45 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. ; in containerISBN: 9781742858999; 9781743112984Subject(s): Fathers and daughters -- Fiction | Psychological fiction | Australian fiction | Talking books | Tasmania -- FictionGenre/Form: Domestic fiction. DDC classification: A823.3 Read by Humphrey Bower.Summary: In 1954, in a construction camp for a hydroelectric dam in the remote Tasmanian highlands, Bojan Buloh had brought his family to start a new life away from Slovenia, the privations of war, and refugee settlements. One night, Bojan's wife walked off into a blizzard, never to return, leaving Bojan to drink too much to quiet his ghosts, and to care for his three-year-old daughter Sonja, alone. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to Tasmania and a father haunted by memories of the European war and other, more recent horrors. As the shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, Sonja's empty life and her father's living death are to change forever.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- audio | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F FLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111049269408 |
Unabridged.
In 1954, in a construction camp for a hydroelectric dam in the remote Tasmanian highlands, Bojan Buloh had brought his family to start a new life away from Slovenia, the privations of war, and refugee settlements. One night, Bojan's wife walked off into a blizzard, never to return, leaving Bojan to drink too much to quiet his ghosts, and to care for his three-year-old daughter Sonja, alone. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to Tasmania and a father haunted by memories of the European war and other, more recent horrors. As the shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, Sonja's empty life and her father's living death are to change forever.
Read by Humphrey Bower.
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