The Second Sword: A Tale from the Merry Month of May, and My Day in the Other Land: A Tale of Demons
Two Novellas
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
9 July 2024
Summary
The Second Sword
The first novella, “The Second Sword,” picks up the story where Peter Handke’s last work of fiction, The Fruit Thief, left off. A man has returned to his home in the suburbs of Paris, only to soon set out again. Why? We learn, over the course of a story redolent of Handke’s harrowing A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, that he is seeking to avenge his mother, who has been unjustly denounced in the pages of a newspaper. “The Second Sword” is a suspenseful work …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780374601447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0374601445 |
| Author: | Peter Handke, Peter Handke; Translated from the German by Krishna Winston, Translated from the German by Krishna Winston |
| Publisher: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Imprint: | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 9 July 2024 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 137mm x 22mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Well-crafted … Handke’s ill-tempered visions are feverishly thrilling.” –Publishers Weekly
“Everything is in the details, beautifully observed.” –Booklist
About The Author
Peter Handke
Peter Handke’s many novels include The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, and The Fruit Thief. In 2019, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature “for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.” He lives outside Paris.
Krishna Winston is a professor emerita of German literature and environmental studies at Wesleyan University. Her many other translations include works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Günter Grass, Christoph Hein, and Werner Herzog. She lives in Connecticut.
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