"Those who gravitate to the regions where fiction, poetry, imaginative flights and speculative fancy converge constitute Handke's natural audience." - Publishers Weekly Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's novel Across tells the story of a quiet, organized classics teacher named Andreas Loser. One night, on the way to his regularly scheduled card game, he passes a tree that has been defaced by a swastika. Impulsively yet deliberately, he tracks down the defacer and kills him. With this act, Loser has crossed an invisible ...
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"Those who gravitate to the regions where fiction, poetry, imaginative flights and speculative fancy converge constitute Handke's natural audience." - Publishers Weekly Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's novel Across tells the story of a quiet, organized classics teacher named Andreas Loser. One night, on the way to his regularly scheduled card game, he passes a tree that has been defaced by a swastika. Impulsively yet deliberately, he tracks down the defacer and kills him. With this act, Loser has crossed an invisible threshold, and will be stuck in this secular purgatory until he can confess his crime.
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Add this copy of Across to cart. $45.85, like new condition, Sold by Burwood Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wickham Market, SUFFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1986 by Methuen.
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First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 138. Original publisher's blue cloth and black spine silver lettering at spine. Novel, some mention of Virgil's Georgics. Fine in faintly used else VG+ dust jacket. No inscriptions, not price-clipped. Price label on d/w cover.
Add this copy of Across to cart. $10.23, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Very good. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.
Add this copy of Across (English and German Edition) to cart. $10.99, very good condition, Sold by HPB-Ruby rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Collier Books.
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Add this copy of Across (Collier Fiction) (English and German Edition) to cart. $12.49, like new condition, Sold by Wonder Book - Member ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1987 by Collier Books.
Add this copy of Across to cart. $13.54, like new condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Add this copy of Across to cart. $13.69, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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First edition with review slip and promotional material Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.
Add this copy of Across: a Novel to cart. $14.34, very good condition, Sold by Bookoutlet rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bridgeton, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl.
Add this copy of Across to cart. $14.39, good condition, Sold by BookHolders rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gambrills, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1986 by Methuen Publishing Ltd.
Add this copy of Across to cart. $19.61, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2000 by Picador USA.
Add this copy of Across to cart. $22.00, new condition, Sold by Eighth Day Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Wichita, KS, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
I think this novel's appeal lies in the detailed descriptions of things, places and people we all come across on a daily basis but do not generally give much thought to. I found the exquisite descriptions more interesting than the story itself.
