{"product_id":"absence-peter-handke-9780374527631","title":"Absence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"challenging and rewarding novel\"* from Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe time is an unspecified modernity, the place possibly Europe. \u003ci\u003eAbsence \u003c\/i\u003efollows four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- as they journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In this smoothly written fable, Handke forcefully summons readers to the recognition that the essence of human life lies in the striving for self-expression even though its perfect realization must always remain elusive.\"--*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA remarkably abstract book even for the very abstract Handke... Slippery but engrossing work, silkily translated. - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Handke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374527636\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374527631\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Strauss \u0026amp; Giroux-3pl\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 118\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.06h x 5.08w x 0.37d","brand":"Peter Handke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996742025471,"sku":"9780374527631","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0284c352-f5f8-4047-9c85-0f371b9383d7.jpg?v=1683343427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/absence-peter-handke-9780374527631","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}