Once Again for Thucydides - Softcover

Handke, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811217760 ISBN 13: 9780811217767

Publisher: New Directions, 2008

Synopsis

Once Again for Thucydides is a collection of seventeen micro-epics written on trips around the world. In each brief journal entry, Handke concentrates on small things he observes, trying to capture their essence, their simple, unadorned validity. What results is a work or remarkable precision, in which he uncovers the general appearance of random objects and discovers their inner working and mystery.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text collects twelve short journals the author wrote on trips around the world. The book concentrates on the small things he observed such as a tree, a shoeshine man and a boat landing on the pier, trying to discover their inner workings and mystery. The writing hints at the unknown.

About the Author:

Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. He is the author of books, plays and screenplays, including the recent novel "Crossing the Sierra de Gredos "(FSG, 2007) and the nonfiction work Don Juan - His Own Version (FSG, 2010).

About this edition

• Publisher: New Directions
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0811217760
• ISBN 13: 9780811217767
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100