The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling by Handke, Peter
The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling by Handke, Peter

The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling

Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke offers three intimate, eloquent meditations that map a self-reflexive journey from Alaska...
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The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling by Handke, Peter

The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling

$36.25
The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling by Handke, Peter

The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling

$36.25
Author: Peter Handke
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke offers three intimate, eloquent meditations that map a self-reflexive journey from Alaska to the Austria of his childhood, while illuminating the act of writing itself.

In his Essay on Tiredness, Handke transforms an everyday experience--often precipitated by boredom--into a fascinating exploration of the world of slow motion, differentiating degrees of fatigue, the types of weariness, its rejuvenating effects, as well as its erotic, cultural, and political implications.

The title essay is Handke's attempt to understand the significance of the jukebox, a quest which leads him, while on a trip in Spain, into the literature of the jukebox, the history of the music box, and memories of the Beatles' music, in turn elucidating various stages of his own life.

And in his Essay on the Successful Day, for which there is no prescription, Handke invents a picture of tranquility, using a self-portrait by Hogarth as his point of departure to describe a state of being at peace.

Playful, reflective, insightful, and entertaining, The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling constitutes a literary triptych that redefines the art of the essay and challenges the form of the short story, confirming Peter Handke's stature as one of the most original and provocative of contemporary writers (Lawrence Graver, The New York Times Book Review).

Author: Peter Handke
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 02/25/2020
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.51w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781250767257

About the Author
Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. A novelist, playwright, and translator, he is the author of such acclaimed works as The Moravian Night, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick, and Repetition. The recipient of multiple literary awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the International Ibsen Award, Handke is also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed adaptations of his novels The Left-Handed Woman and Absence, and co-wrote the screenplays for Wim Wenders' Wrong Movie and Wings of Desire. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019.


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