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Slow Homecoming.
by Peter Handke
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0374266352
- ISBN 13
- 9780374266356
- Seller
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Oregon City, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1985. Hardcover First Edition USA (1985), so stated. First Edition USA (1985), so stated. Near Fine in Very Near Fine DJ: Book shows only minute indications of use: a hint of shelving wear to the lower extremities (but no crimping to the heel of the backstrip); faint foxing and a tiny spot of soil to the top edge of the text block and another very small, very faint soil spot at the upper fore-edge; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy, structurally and and tightly bound, showing the mildest wear and unobtrusive cosmetic flaws. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. The DJ shows the mildest wear to the extremities; else flawless; the price is unclipped; mylar-protected. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8x 1.15 inches). 278 pages. Translated by Ralph Manheim. Language: English. Weight: 18 ounces. Hardback with DJ.
Synopsis
Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. He came to early prominence in the 1960s for such experimental plays as Kaspar and rapidly established himself asone of the most respected German-language writers of his generation, producing fiction, translations, memoirs, screenplays, and essays. Among his best-known novels are The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick , Repetition , and My Year in the No-Man’s Bay . He has directed adaptions of his novels The Left-Handed Woman and Absence and collaborated with filmmaker Wim Wenders on four films, including Wings of Desire . In addition to Slow Homecoming , NYRB Classics has also published Handke’s novel Short Letter, Long Farewell and his memoir A Sorrow Beyond Dreams . Benjamin Kunke l is the author of the novel Indecision and a founding editor of n+1 magazine. Ralph Manheim (1907–1992) translated Günter Grass, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Hermann Hesse, and Martin Heidegger, along with many other German and French authors.
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- Seller
- Black Cat Hill Books
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 56371
- Title
- Slow Homecoming.
- Author
- Peter Handke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition USA (1985), so stated.
- ISBN 10
- 0374266352
- ISBN 13
- 9780374266356
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux,
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1985.
- Bookseller catalogs
- German Literature; Literature: World; Authors E-J;
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