Once Again for Thucydides is a collection of seventeen "micro-epics" written by Peter Handke on trips around the world, from the Balkans to the Pyrenees, from Salzburg to the sea of Hokkaido in Japan. In each journal, Handke concentrates on small things he observes, trying to capture their essence, their "simple, unadorned validity." What results is a work of remarkable precision, in which he uncovers the general appearance of random objects--an ash tree, a shoeshine man, hats in a crowd, a boat loading on a pier--and ...
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Once Again for Thucydides is a collection of seventeen "micro-epics" written by Peter Handke on trips around the world, from the Balkans to the Pyrenees, from Salzburg to the sea of Hokkaido in Japan. In each journal, Handke concentrates on small things he observes, trying to capture their essence, their "simple, unadorned validity." What results is a work of remarkable precision, in which he uncovers the general appearance of random objects--an ash tree, a shoeshine man, hats in a crowd, a boat loading on a pier--and discovers their inner workings and mystery. Always, his writing hints at the unknown. Describing the snow melting in a garden or falling during a train ride through inland Japan, the glowworms illuminating the plains in Friuli, the tidal waters flowing and receding off the Atlantic coast of Spain, these amazing little "epics" reveal a narrator obsessed with the wonders of detail and marveling, as are we, at the scope and variety of the natural world.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0811213889. Translated from the German by Tess Lewis. First edition thus. Near fine in a near fine (security sticker on verso) dust jacket.
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Fine in Fine jacket. First edition. Small octavo. Translated from the German by Tess Lewis. Upper board very lightly bowed, else fine in a fine dustwrapper with just a touch of wear on the lower panel. Handke received the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature. A nice copy.