ShortLetter,LongFarewell
作者： Peter Handke 著；Greil Marcus 著；Ralph Manheim 著
出版社： NewYorkReviewBooks
出版时间： 2009-03
ISBN： 9781590173060
定价： 126.00
装帧： 平装
页数： 192页
正文语种： 英语
丛书： NewYorkReviewBooksClassics
分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书
内容简介:
ShortLetter，LongFarewellisonethemostinventiveandexhilaratingofthegreatPeterHandke’snovels.Fullofseedynoiratmosphericsandboastinganairofgeneralizeddelirium，thebookstartsbyintroducingustoanamelessyoungGermanwhohasjustarrivedinAmerica，wherehehopestogetoverthecollapseofhismarriage.Nosoonerhashearrived，however，thanhediscoversthathisex-wifeispursuinghim.Heflees，shefollows，andsoonthecoupleisrunningcirclesaroundeachotheracrossthelengthofAmerica—fromPhiladelphiatoSt.LouistotheArizonadesert，andfromPortland，Oregon，toL.A.Isitloveorvengeancethattheywantfromeachother?Everything’sspectacularlyunclearinabookthatistravelogue，suspensestory，domesticcomedy，andWesternshowdown，withatotallyunexpectedHollywoodtwistattheend.Aboveall，ShortLetter，LongFarewellisalovelettertoAmerica，itslandscapesandpopularculture，theinvitationandthethreatofitsnewnessandwildnessandemptiness，withthepromiseofanewlife—orthecorpseofanoldone—lyingjustaroundthecorner.
作者简介:
PeterHandkewasborninGriffen,Austria,in1942.Hecametoearlyprominenceinthe1960sforsuchexperimentalplaysasKasparandrapidlyestablishedhimselfasoneofthemostrespectedGerman-languagewritersofhisgeneration,producingfiction,translations,memoirs,screenplays,andessays.Amonghisbest-knownnovelsareTheGoalie’sAnxietyatthePenaltyKick,Repetition,andMyYearintheNo-Man’sBay.HehasdirectedadaptionsofhisnovelsTheLeft-HandedWomanandAbsenceandcollaboratedwithfilmmakerWimWendersonfourfilms,includingWingsofDesire.InadditiontoShortLetter,LongFarewell,NYRBClassicshasalsopublishedHandke’snovelSlowHomecomingandhismemoirASorrowBeyondDreams.
GreilMarcusistheauthorofTheShapeofThingstoCome:ProphecyandtheAmericanVoice,LipstickTraces,andotherbooks;withWernerSollorsheistheeditorofANewLiteraryHistoryofAmerica,forthcomingin2009.InrecentyearshehastaughtattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,PrincetonUniversity,theNewSchoolUniversity,andtheUniversityofMinnesota.HewasborninSanFranciscoandlivesinBerkeley.
RalphManheim(1907–1992)translatedGünterGrass,Louis-FerdinandCéline,HermannHesse,andMartinHeidegger,alongwithmanyotherGermanandFrenchauthors.,,,,
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