{"product_id":"on-a-dark-night-i-peter-handke-9781250767226","title":"On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA short, powerful new novel by one of the greatest writers in the German language. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn a Dark Night I Left My Silent House\u003c\/i\u003e is Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke's evocative, moving, often fantastic, novel about one man's conflict with himself and his journey toward resolution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring one night shift, an unnamed, middle-aged pharmacist in Taxham, an isolated suburb of Salzburg, tells his story to a narrator. The pharmacist is known and well-respected, but lonely and estranged from his wife. He feels most comfortable wandering about in nature, collecting and eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne day he receives a blow to the head that leaves him unable to speak, and the narrative is transformed from ironic description into a collection of sensual impressions, observations and reflections. The pharmacist, who is now called the driver, sets out on a quest, travelling into the Alps with two companions--a former Olympic skiing champion and a formerly famous poet--where he is beaten and later stalked by a woman. He drives through a tunnel and has a premonition of death, then finds himself in a surreal, foreign land. In a final series of bizarre, cathartic events, the driver regains his speech and is taken back to his pharmacy--back to his former life, but forever changed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA powerful, poetic exploration of language, longing and dislocation in the human experience, \u003ci\u003eOn a Dark Night I Left My Silent House\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Handke at his magical best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Handke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250767229\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250767226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.45d","brand":"Peter Handke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995837137151,"sku":"9781250767226","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3e6dd94b-d36c-4952-ab4e-fa8f97be199d.jpg?v=1683338142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-a-dark-night-i-peter-handke-9781250767226","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}