The Great Fall by Peter Handke (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Great Fall by Peter Handke, Krishna Winston Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2019On the day of the Great Fall he left nothing, nothing at all behind.The latest work by Peter Handke, one of our greatest living writers, chronicles a day in life of an ageing actor as he makes his way on foot from the outskirts of a great metropolis into its centre. He is scheduled to receive a prestigious award that evening from the countrys president, and the following day he is supposed to start shooting for a film perhaps his last in which he plays a man who runs amok. While passing through a forest, he encounters the outcasts of the society homeless people and migrants but he keeps trudging along, traversing a suburb whose inhabitants are locked in petty but mortal conflicts, crossing a seemingly unbridgeable superhighway, and wandering into an abandoned railyard, where police, unused to pedestrians, detain him briefly on suspicion of terrorism.Things dont improve when he reaches the heart of the city. There he cant help but see the alienation characteristic of its residents and the omnipresent malign influence of electronic technology. What, then, is the Great Fall? What is this heart-wrenching, humorous, distinctively attentive narrative trying to tell us? As usual, Peter Handke, deeply introspective and powerfully critical of the world around him, leaves it to the reader to figure out. Author Biography Peter Handke was born in Austria in 1942. His works include the novels Short Letter, Long Farewell; The Left-Handed Woman; Repetition; Absence; and the play Till Day You Do Part; Or A Question of Light, also published by Seagull Books. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019. Details ISBN 0857428411 ISBN-13 9780857428417 Title The Great Fall Author Peter Handke, Krishna Winston Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 224 Publisher Seagull Books London Ltd GE_Item_ID:131763624; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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