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The second sword : a tale from the merry month of May. My day in the other land : a tale of demons
- Title
- The second sword : a tale from the merry month of May. My day in the other land : a tale of demons / Peter Handke ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston.
- Author
- Handke, Peter
- Publication
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
- ©2024
Details
- Additional Authors
- Winston, Krishna
- Description
- 181 pages; 20 cm
- Summary
- "Two novellas by Nobel laureate Peter Handke"--
- Second sword: Picks up the story where Handke's last work of fiction, The Fruit Thief, left off. Here a man has returned to his home in the suburbs of Paris, only to soon set out again. Why? We learn, over the course of a story that he is seeking to avenge his mother, who has been unjustly denounced in the pages of a newspaper. A suspenseful work of self-examination: Will the narrator's journey end in him throwing down the gauntlet?
- My day in the other land: Evoking imagery from the Bible and classical mythology, the work portrays a man who has been possessed by demons, causing him to rage endlessly against the inhabitants of his rural village. Aided by his sister, he embarks on a journey to a lake on whose opposite shore lies the "other land." What ensues is an exorcism of sorts--and one of Handke's most evocative and original endings.
- Alternative Title
- My day in the other land
- Subject
- Mothers and sons > Fiction
- Revenge > Fiction
- Conscience, Examination of > Fiction
- Demoniac possession > Fiction
- Siblings > Fiction
- Villages > Fiction
- Mères et fils > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Vengeance > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Examen de conscience > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Possession diabolique > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Frères et sœurs > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Villages > Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Genre/Form
- novellas.
- Novellas
- Novellas.
- Note
- The Second Sword was originally published in German in 2020 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Germany, as Das zweite Schwert. My Day in the Other Land was originally published in German in 2021 by Suhrkamp Verlag, Germany, as Mein Tag im anderen Land.
- Language (note)
- In English; translated from the German.
- Contents
- The second sword -- My day in the other land.
- ISBN
- 9780374601447
- 0374601445
- LCCN
- 2023039177
- OCLC
- YBP 2023039177
- Author
- Handke, Peter, author.
- Title
- The second sword : a tale from the merry month of May. My day in the other land : a tale of demons / Peter Handke ; translated from the German by Krishna Winston.
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024.
- Copyright Date
- ©2024
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Language
- In English; translated from the German.
- Added Author
- Winston, Krishna, translator.Handke, Peter. Zweite Schwert. English.Handke, Peter. Mein Tag im anderen Land. English.