by Peter Handke · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070757763
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«Par une nuit obscure je sortis de ma maison tranquille» is the novel by Peter Handke published by Gallimard in paperback (193 pp., in French).
A pharmacist from Taxham, a suburb of Salzburg, tells a writer-narrator about the unexpected journey that, over months, takes him from Austria to Andalusia. He leaves his house in silence and solitude and returns awake and serene, after a seemingly haphazard route that becomes an initiatory experience.
The translation from German is by Georges-Arthur Goldschmidt and the original title is 'In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus'. This edition belongs to the 'Du monde entier' collection.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary Austrian literature, interested in introspective travel narratives.
Peter Handke is an Austrian novelist, playwright, translator, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature "for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience." Handke is considered to be one of the most influential and original German-language writers in the second half of the 20th century.
