Store besparelser
Hurtig levering
Gemte
Log ind
0
Kurv
Kurv

The Great Fall

Af: Peter Handke Engelsk Paperback

The Great Fall

Af: Peter Handke Engelsk Paperback
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
“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.  
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
Normalpris
kr 145
Fragt: 39 kr
6 - 8 hverdage
20 kr
Pakkegebyr
God 4 anmeldelser på
Tjek vores konkurrenters priser
“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.  
Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 224
ISBN-13: 9780857428417
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 0857428411
Udg. Dato: 11 maj 2021
Længde: 18mm
Bredde: 127mm
Højde: 205mm
Forlag: Seagull Books London Ltd
Oplagsdato: 11 maj 2021
Forfatter(e): Peter Handke
Forfatter(e) Peter Handke


Kategori Moderne Samtidslitteratur


ISBN-13 9780857428417


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 224


Udgave


Længde 18mm


Bredde 127mm


Højde 205mm


Udg. Dato 11 maj 2021


Oplagsdato 11 maj 2021


Forlag Seagull Books London Ltd

Kategori sammenhænge