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Synopsis
A short, powerful new novel by one of the greatest writers in the German language
On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House is Peter Handke's evocative, moving, often fantastic, novel about one man's conflict with himself and his journey toward resolution. During one night shift, an unnamed, middle-aged pharmacist in Taxham, an isolated suburb of Salzburg, tells his story to a narrator. The pharmacist is known and well-respected, but lonely and estranged from his wife. He feels most comfortable wandering about in nature, collecting and eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. One day he receives a blow to the head that leaves him unable to speak, and the narrative is transformed from ironic description into a collection of sensual impressions, observations and reflections. The pharmacist, who is now called the driver, sets out on a quest, travelling into the Alps with two companions--a former Olympic skiing champion and a formerly famous poet--where he is beaten and later stalked by a woman. He drives through a tunnel and has a premonition of death, then finds himself in a surreal, foreign land. In a final series of bizarre, cathartic events, the driver regains his speech and is taken back to his pharmacy--back to his former life, but forever changed. A powerful, poetic exploration of language, longing and dislocation in the human experience, On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House reveals Handke at his magical best.
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About the Author
Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria in 1942. His many works include The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (FSG, 1972), A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (FSG, 1975), Slow Homecoming (FSG, 1985), 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).
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German
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- PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0374175470
- ISBN 13 9780374175474
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages186
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