The Moravian Night: A Story Contributor(s): Handke, Peter (Author), Winston, Krishna (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374537178 ISBN-13: 9780374537173 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2017 |
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BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Psychological |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (0.80 lbs) 320 pages |
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Publisher Description: An odyssey through the mind and memory of a washed-up writer, from one of Europe's most provocative novelists, Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke |
Contributor Bio(s): Winston, Krishna: - Krishna Winston is the Marcus L. Taft Professor of German Language and Literature at Wesleyan University. She has translated more than thirty books, including five previous works by Peter Handke and works by Werner Herzog, Günter Grass, Christoph Hein, and Goethe.Handke, Peter: - Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. A novelist, playwright, and translator, he is the author of such acclaimed works as The Moravian Night, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, and Repetition. 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 The Left-Handed Woman and Absence, and co-wrote the screenplays for Wim Wenders' Wrong Movie and Wings of Desire. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019. |