Absence - by Peter Handke (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>The time is an unspecified modernity, the place possibly Europe. <i>Absence </i>follows four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- as they journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A "challenging and rewarding novel"* from Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke.<br></b><br>The time is an unspecified modernity, the place possibly Europe. <i>Absence </i>follows four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- as they journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city. <p/><b>"In this smoothly written fable, Handke forcefully summons readers to the recognition that the essence of human life lies in the striving for self-expression even though its perfect realization must always remain elusive."--*</b><i><b>Publishers Weekly</b><br></i><b><br>A remarkably abstract book even for the very abstract Handke... Slippery but engrossing work, silkily translated. - <i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Peter Handke</b> was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. A novelist, playwright, and translator, he is the author of such acclaimed works as <i>The Moravian Night</i>, <i>A Sorrow Beyond Dreams</i>, <i>The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick</i>, and <i>Repetition</i>. The recipient of multiple literary awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the International Ibsen Award, Handke is also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed adaptations of his novels <i>The Left-Handed Woman</i> and <i>Absence</i>, and co-wrote the screenplays for Wim Wenders' <i>Wrong Movie </i>and <i>Wings of Desire.</i> He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019.
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