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Peter Handke

Works by Peter Handke

The Repetition [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Original title: Die Wiederholung

Across [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Original title: Der Chinese des Schmerzes

Absence [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Original title: Abwesenheit

Slow Homecoming, Includes: The Long Way around, the Lesson of Mont Sainte-Victoire, and Child Story

by Peter Handke
Translated by R Mannheim
Original title: Langsame Heimkehr, Die Lehre der Sainte-Victoire, Kindergeschichte

Short Letter, Long Farewell [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Original title: Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied

Peter Handke appeared on the literary scene when as a completely unknown twenty-two year old he attacked the members of the Gruppe 47, the most influential group of post-1945 writers, in what was then an unprecedented act of disrespect. Among his broad output, Short letter, (more...)

The Left-Handed Woman [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Original title: Die linkshändige Frau

Peter Handke’s The Left-handed Woman grew out of a film script he wrote (the film appeared under the same title) and the novel’s technique is very filmic. There is no narrator going inside the characters to tell us what they are thinking or feeling. Apart from the husband, (more...)

The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by M Roloff
Original title: Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter

The Afternoon of a Writer [Buy Direct]

by Peter Handke
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Original title: Nachmittag eines Schriftstellers

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