{"product_id":"a-sorrow-beyond-dreams-peter-handke-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\u003eK舐ntner 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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Handke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374533644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374533649\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Peter Handke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045015154943,"sku":"9780374533649","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_69d9c904-f9b9-4dfc-8e3a-461bda511a5e.jpg?v=1684976228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-sorrow-beyond-dreams-peter-handke-9780374533649","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}