Don Juan: His Own Version
His own version
$30.49
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
23 February 2011
Summary
In Don Juan, Peter Handke offers his take on the famous seducer. Don Juan’s story - “his own version” - is filtered through the consciousness of an anonymous narrator, a failed innkeeper and chef, into whose solitude Don Juan bursts one day. On each day of the week that follows, Don Juan describes the adventures he experienced on that same day a week earlier. The adventures are erotic, but Handke’s Don Juan is more pursued than pursuer. What makes his accounts riveting are the remarkable evoc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374532642 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0374532648 |
| Author: | Peter Handke |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 23 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 109g |
| Dimensions: | 185mm x 116mm x 9mm |
You Can Find This Book In
What They're Saying
Critics Review
Praise forDon Juan:
“Handke’s power of observation and his seemingly casual tone, in which every word bears indispensable weight, are as mesmerizing as ever … A Handke tale invites active reading, speculation rather than passive absorption … It is [his] loving gaze, honed by time and discipline, that shows readers the way out again into the world’s prolific and astonishing strangeness.” –KAI MARISTED, The New York Times Book Review
“Handke’s perfectly suave novella is a rich tapestry of contradictions about desire and class that, besides its other pleasures, tweaks us with the facts that the chef, not Juan, narrates it and that it provocatively begs the question, Version of what?” - Booklist
About The Author
Peter Handke
PETER HANDKE was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. His many works include The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, My Year in No-Man’s Bay, On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House, and Crossing the Sierra de Gredos, all published by FSG.
Returns
This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.