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The Fruit Thief - or, One-Way Journey into the Interior: A Novel (Paperback)
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The Fruit Thief - or, One-Way Journey into the Interior: A Novel (Paperback)
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On a summer day under a blue sky a man is stung on his foot by a
bee. “The sting signaled that the time had come to set out, to
hit the road. Off with you. The hour of departure has arrived.”
The man boards a train to Paris, crosses the city by Métro, then
boards another, disembarking in a small town on the plains to the
north. He is searching for a young woman he calls the Fruit Thief,
who, like him, has set off on a journey to the Vexin plateau. What
follows is a vivid but dreamlike exploration of topography both
physical and affective, charting the Fruit Thief’s perambulations
across France’s internal borderlands: alongside rivers and
through ravines, beside highways and to a bolt-hole under the
stairs of an empty hotel. Chance encounters - with a man scrambling
through the underbrush in search of his lost cat, and with a
delivery boy who abandons his scooter to become a fellow traveler
for a day - are like so many throws of the dice, each exposing new
facets of this mysterious individual in the manner of a cubist
portrait. In prose of unrivaled precision, lucidly rendered into
English by Krishna Winston, The Fruit Thief elevates the terrain of
everyday life to epic status, and situates the microgeography of an
individual at the center of a book like few others. This is one of
Nobel laureate Peter Handke’s most significant and original
achievements.
General
Imprint: |
Picador USA
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2023 |
Authors: |
Peter Handke
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Dimensions: |
208 x 135 x 19mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
336 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-250-86292-1 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-250-86292-2 |
Barcode: |
9781250862921 |
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