Voyage to the Sonorous Land - Softcover

HANDKE, PETER

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0300062745 ISBN 13: 9780300062748

Publisher: Yale University Press, 1996

Synopsis

In these two plays, here translated into English for the first time, the renowned Austrian writer Peter Handke inquires into the boundaries and life-affirming qualities of language. At a time when language no longer seems to serve the purposes of a genuine human community, Handke asks, is such a community possible? In Voyage to the Sonorous Land, or The Art of Asking, a cockeyed optimist and a spoilsport lead a group of characters to the hinterland of their imaginations, where they search not for the right answers but for the right questions. The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other takes place in a city square where more than 400 characters pass by one another without speaking a single word. Handke here journeys to the brink of speech: Who is that person passing by? Is she on her way, or is she coming back? Is her story ahead of her, or is it behind? In the silence of the square, Handke returns the gift of speech, the magic of telling a story, to the spectator.

About this title

Product Description:

[ Voyage to the Sonorous Land, or the Art of Asking and the Hour We Knew Nothing O By ( Author ) Aug-1996 Paperback

From the Back Cover:

This book presents two plays, both of which are translated into English for the first time. In Voyage to the Sonorous Land, or The Art of Asking, a cockeyed optimist and a spoilsport lead a group of characters to the hinterland of their imaginations, where they search not for the right answers but for the questions. The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other takes place in a city square where more than four hundred characters pass by one another without speaking a single word.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0300062745
• ISBN 13: 9780300062748
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 143