This Taste for Silence

In Amanda O'Callaghan's subtle and compelling collection, the balance of power in a marriage shifts with shocking consequences. An elderly woman recounts a chilling childhood memory on the family farm. A taxi driver with a missing wife reveals unexpected skills. An inherited painting brings an eerily troubling legacy.

These stories work at the edges of the sayable, through secrets, erasures, and glimpsed moments of disclosure. They shimmer with unspoken histories and characters who have a 'taste for silence.' For readers of literary fiction, and those interested in Australian literature.