Screen LibraryDon Juan : his own version /
"In Don Juan, Peter Handke offers his unique take on history's best-known lover. Don Juan's story -- "his own version" -- is filtered through the consciousness of an anonymous narrator, a failed innkeeper and chef, into whose solitude Don Juan bursts one day. On each day of...
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: |
2011. ©2010 |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English German |
| Edition: | 1st American ed. |
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"In Don Juan, Peter Handke offers his unique take on history's best-known lover. Don Juan's story -- "his own version" -- is filtered through the consciousness of an anonymous narrator, a failed innkeeper and chef, into whose solitude Don Juan bursts one day. On each day of the week that follows, Don Juan describes the adventures he experienced on that same day a week earlier. The adventures are erotic, but Handke's Don Juan is more pursued than pursuer. What makes his accounts riveting are the remarkable evocations of places and people, and the nature of his narration. This is, above all, a |
| Carrier Form: | 101 pages ; 20 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780374532642 0374532648 9780374142315 0374142319 |
| Index Number: | PT2668 |
| CLC: | I521.45 |
| Call Number: | I521.45/H236-5 |