by Peter Handke · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518375723
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«Über die Dörfer» is Peter Handke's dramatic poem, published in 1984 by Suhrkamp in paperback (120 pages, in German).
Set in a rural environment, the dramatic text centers on the encounters and tensions between the villagers. Handke investigates identity, belonging and the individual's relationship to the community, turning everyday life into a stage for the search for meaning.
Fourth installment of Handke's tetralogy «Langsame Heimkehr»; this edition belongs to the Suhrkamp Taschenbuch collection (No. 1072).
For those interested in poetic theater and contemporary German literature, and for those completing Handke's tetralogy «Langsame Heimkehr».
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.
