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The Great Fall (Hardcover, 2)
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The Great Fall (Hardcover, 2)
Series: German List
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"On the day of the Great Fall he left nothing, nothing at all
behind." The latest work by Peter Handke, one of our greatest
living writers, chronicles a day in life of an aging actor as he
makes his way on foot from the outskirts of a great metropolis into
its center. He is scheduled to receive a prestigious award that
evening from the country's president, and the following day he is
supposed to start shooting for a film--perhaps his last--in which
he plays a man who runs amok. While passing through a forest, he
encounters the outcasts of the society--homeless people and
migrants--but he keeps trudging along, traversing a suburb whose
inhabitants are locked in petty but mortal conflicts, crossing a
seemingly unbridgeable superhighway, and wandering into an
abandoned railyard, where police, unused to pedestrians, detain him
briefly on suspicion of terrorism. Things don't improve when he
reaches the heart of the city. There he can't help but see the
alienation characteristic of its residents and the omnipresent
malign influence of electronic technology. What, then, is the
"Great Fall"? What is this heart-wrenching, humorous, distinctively
attentive narrative trying to tell us? As usual, Peter Handke,
deeply introspective and powerfully critical of the world around
him, leaves it to the reader to figure out.
General
Imprint: |
Seagull Books London Ltd
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
German List |
Release date: |
April 2018 |
Authors: |
Peter Handke
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Translators: |
Krishna Winston
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Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
224 |
Edition: |
2 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-85742-534-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
0-85742-534-X |
Barcode: |
9780857425348 |
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