Das Spiel vom Fragen

by Peter Handke

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Two plays from the 2019 Nobel laureate for literature explore the life-affirming qualities of language In these two plays, here translated into English for the first time, the renowned Austrian writer Peter Handke inquires into the boundaries and life-affirming qualities of language. At a time when language no longer seems to serve the purposes of a genuine human community, Handke asks, is such a community possible? In Voyage to the Sonorous Land, or The Art of Asking, a cockeyed optimist show more and a spoilsport lead a group of characters to the hinterland of their imaginations, where they search not for the right answers but for the right questions. The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other takes place in a city square where more than 400 characters pass by one another without speaking a single word. Handke here journeys to the brink of speech: Who is that person passing by? Is she on her way, or is she coming back? Is her story ahead of her, or is it behind? In the silence of the square, Handke returns the gift of speech, the magic of telling a story, to the spectator.   show less

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Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria on December 6, 1942. He studied law at Graz University from 1961 to 1965. He is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist. His plays include Offending the Audience, Kaspar, and The Ride across Lake Constance. His novels include The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, The Left-Handed Woman, and A Sorrow show more beyond Dreams. He was awarded the Buchner Prize in 1973 and refused to accept the Kafka Prize in 1979. (Bowker Author Biography) Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. His many works include Absence (FSG, 1990), The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling (FSG, 1994), and, most recently, My Year in the No-Man's-Bay (FSG, 1998). (Publisher Provided) show less

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Honegger, Gitta (Translator)

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Das Spiel vom Fragen

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Fiction and Literature
DDC/MDS
832.914Literature & rhetoricGerman & related literaturesGerman drama1900-1900-19901945-1999
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PT2668 .A5 .A23Language and LiteratureGerman, Dutch and Scandinavian literaturesGerman literatureIndividual authors or works1961-2000
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