Slow Homecoming
Author | : Peter Handke |
Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1985-06-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781466807280 |
ISBN-13 | : 1466807288 |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book Slow Homecoming written by Peter Handke and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 1985-06-01 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this haunting suite of three fictions, Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke cements his reputation as one of the most talented writers of the Twentieth Century In "The Long Way Around", a European scientist in Alaska finds himself in isolated "places and spaces" that are disturbed when he relocates to California, a disruption that ultimately drives him back home. "The Lesson of Mont Sainte-Victoire" follows an autobiographical narrator to Provence, to the mountain that fascinated Cezanne, on a quest to restore his sense of self and revitalize his craft. Finally, "Child Story" reveals a crack in one man's feelings of isolation through a father's reflections on his developing love for his daughter in the first ten years of her life.