{"product_id":"kaspar-and-other-plays-peter-handke-9780809015467","title":"Kaspar and Other Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNobel Prize winner Peter Handke's first full-length drama, hailed in Europe as the play of the decade and compared in importance to \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaspar \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of an autistic adolescent who finds himself at a complete existential loss on the stage, with but a single sentence to call his own. Drilled by prompters who use terrifyingly funny logical and alogical language-sequences, Kaspar learns to speak normally and eventually becomes creative--doing his own thing with words; for this he is destroyed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eOffending the Audience\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSelf-Accusation\u003c\/i\u003e, one-character speak-ins, Handke further explores the relationship between public performance and personal identity, forcing us to reconsider our sense of who we are and what we know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Handke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0809015463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780809015467\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 01\/01\/1970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Peter Handke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988280312063,"sku":"9780809015467","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_506ff244-83e5-4d76-be02-67e1ad1ee4a7.jpg?v=1683293639","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/kaspar-and-other-plays-peter-handke-9780809015467","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}