{"product_id":"quiet-places-collected-essays-9781250862969","title":"Quiet Places: Collected Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA career-spanning collection of essays by the Nobel laureate Peter Handke, featuring two new works never before published in English\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet Places\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Peter Handke's forays into the border regions of life and story, upending the distinction between literature and the literary essay. Proceeding from the specificity of place (the mountains of Carinthia and Spain, the hinterlands of Paris) to specific objects (the jukebox, the boletus mushroom) to the irreducible particularity of our moods and mental impressions, these works--each a novella in its own right--offer rare insight into the affinities that can develop between a storyteller and the unlikeliest of subjects. Here, Handke posits a reevaluation of the possibilities and proper concerns of literature in a style unmistakably his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection unites the three essays from \u003ci\u003eThe Jukebox \u003c\/i\u003ewith two new works: \"Essay on a Mushroom Maniac,\" the story of a friend's descent into and ascent from the depths of obsession, and \"Essay on Quiet Places,\" a memoiristic tour d'horizon of bathrooms and their place in Handke's life and work. Featuring masterful translations by Krishna Winston and Ralph Manheim, this collection encapsulates the oeuvre of one of our greatest living writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250862969\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 0.68d","brand":"Peter Handke","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42745915900085,"sku":"9781250862969","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_9fa4566e-c664-4490-a59c-c49471ce4d5b.jpg?v=1676994459","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/quiet-places-collected-essays-9781250862969","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}