Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story - Brossura

Handke, Peter

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0374533644 ISBN 13: 9780374533649

Casa editrice: FSG Adult, 2012

Riassunto

"The Sunday edition of the Kärntner Volkszeitung carried the following item under ‘Local News': ‘In the village of A. (G. township), a housewife, aged 51, committed suicide on Friday night by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.'"

So opens A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, the eminent Austrian novelist and playwright Peter Handke's reckoning with his mother's life—which spanned the rise of the Nazis, World War II, and postwar suffering—and death. Both stark and lyrical, full of love, anger, admiration, and a keen sense of history, this slim book reveals Handke at his most lucid and direct. It is the most moving and accessible work in his distinguished career; it is "indispensable" (Bill Marx, The Boston Globe).

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. He is the author of many plays and novels, including The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (FSG Classics) and, most recently, Don Juan: His Own Version (FSG, 2011).

Su questa edizione

• Editore: FSG Adult
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0374533644
• ISBN 13: 9780374533649
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 70