{"product_id":"a-sorrow-beyond-dreams-a-life-story-9780374533649","title":"A Sorrow Beyond Dreams: A Life Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobel Prize winner Peter Handke--\"the extravagantly talented Austrian playwright of chutzpah, novelist of sensibility, poet of linguistic games\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e)--ponders the life and early death of his mother\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The Sunday edition of the \u003ci\u003eKärntner Volkszeitung \u003c\/i\u003ecarried the following item under 'Local News': 'In the village of A. (G. township), a housewife, aged 51, committed suicide on Friday night by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.'\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSo opens \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams, \u003c\/i\u003eHandke's reckoning with his mother's life--which spanned the rise of the Nazis, World War II, and postwar suffering--and death. Both stark and lyrical, full of love, anger, admiration, and a keen sense of history, this slim book reveals Handke at his most lucid and direct. It is the most moving and accessible work in his distinguished career; it is \"indispensable\" (Bill Marx, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. A novelist, playwright, and translator, he is the author of such acclaimed works as \u003ci\u003eThe Moravian Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRepetition\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of multiple literary awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the International Ibsen Award, Handke is also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed adaptations of his novels \u003ci\u003eThe Left-Handed Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-wrote the screenplays for Wim Wenders' \u003ci\u003eWrong Movie \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWings of Desire.\u003c\/i\u003e He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646588719378,"sku":"9780374533649","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c542efcb-20dd-4c75-bfdd-2148efa093e6.jpg?v=1733181151","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-sorrow-beyond-dreams-a-life-story-9780374533649","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}