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Title A sorrow beyond dreams [electronic resource eBook] : a life story / Peter Handke ; translated from the German by Ralph Manheim ; introduction by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Publisher New York : Steerforth Press, 2013.
Description 1 online resource.


Summary Peter Handke's mother was an invisible woman. Throughout her life—which spanned the Nazi era, the war, and the postwar consumer economy—she struggled to maintain appearances, only to arrive at a terrible recognition: "I'm not human any more." Not long after, she killed herself with an overdose of sleeping pills. In A Sorrow Beyond Dreams her son sits down to record what he knows, or thinks he knows, about his mother's life and death before, in his words, "the dull speechlessness—the extreme speechlessness" of grief takes hold forever. And yet the experience of speechlessness, as it marks both suffering and love, lies at the heart of Handke's brief but unforgettable elegy. This austere, scrupulous, and deeply moving book is one of the finest achievements of a great contemporary writer.
System details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Format: Adobe EPUB eBook.
Format: OverDrive Read.
Requires Adobe Digital Editions.
Other edition Original 9781590170199
Subject German literature -- 20th century.
Suicide.
Genre Biographical fiction.
Electronic books.
Series New York Review Books classics
Add'l Names Manheim, Ralph, 1907-1992.
Other corporate author OverDrive, Inc.
ADD'L TITLE Wunschloses Unglück. English
ISBN 9781782270300
STANDARD # 0C01C20F-D2E4-46F7-A369-328923B0DBD6 OverDrive