书目

Slow Homecoming

内容简介

Provocative，romantic，andrestlesslyexploratory，PeterHandkeisoneofthegreatwritersofourtime."SlowHomecoming，"originallypublishedinthelate1970s，iscentraltohisachievementandtothepowerfulinfluencehehasexercisedonotherwriters，chiefamongthemW.G.Sebald.Anovelofself-questioningandself-discovery，"SlowHomecoming"isasingularodyssey，anescapefromthedistractionsofthemodernworldandtheunhappyconsciousness，avoyagethatisfraughtandfearfulbutultimatelyrestorative，endingonanunexpectednoteofjoy.ThebookbeginsinAmerica.Writingwiththejarringintensityofhisearlywork，HandkeintroducesValentinSorger，atroubledgeologistwhohasgonetoAlaskatolosehimselfinhiswork，butnowfeelsdrawnbackhome：onhiswaytoEuropehemovesinominousdisorientationthroughthegreatcitiesofAmerica.Thesecondpartofthebook，"TheLessonofMontSainte-Victoire，"identifiesSorgerasaprojectionoftheauthor，whonowwritesdirectlyabouthisownstruggletoreconstitutehimselfandhisartbyundertakingapilgrimagetothegreatmountainthatCezannepaintedagainandagain.Finally，"ChildStory"isabeautifullyobserved，deeplymovingaccountofanewfather--notsomuchSorgerortheauthorasakindofEveryman--andhisloveforhisgrowingdaughter.

作者简介

PeterHandkewasborninGriffen,Austria,in1942.Hecametoearlyprominenceinthe1960sforsuchexperimentalplaysasKasparandrapidlyestablishedhimselfasoneofthemostrespectedGerman-languagewritersofhisgeneration,producingfiction,translations,memoirs,screenplays,andessays.Amonghisbest-knownnovelsareTheGoalie’sAnxietyatthePenaltyKick,Repetition,andMyYearintheNo-Man’sBay.HehasdirectedadaptionsofhisnovelsTheLeft-HandedWomanandAbsenceandcollaboratedwithfilmmakerWimWendersonfourfilms,includingWingsofDesire.InadditiontoSlowHomecoming,NYRBClassicshasalsopublishedHandke’snovelShortLetter,LongFarewellandhismemoirASorrowBeyondDreams.BenjaminKunkelistheauthorofthenovelIndecisionandafoundingeditorofn+1magazine.RalphManheim(1907–1992)translatedGünterGrass,Louis-FerdinandCéline,HermannHesse,andMartinHeidegger,alongwithmanyotherGermanandFrenchauthors.,,,

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