{"product_id":"the-second-sword-peter-handke-9781250371881","title":"The Second Sword: A Tale from the Merry Month of May, and My Day in the Other Land: A Tale of Demons: Two Novellas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Two novellas by Peter Handke--his first works to be published since he won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Sword \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Day in the Other Land \u003c\/i\u003eare two novellas by the 2019 Nobel laureate Peter Handke. The first picks up the story where Handke's last work of fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit Thief \u003c\/i\u003e(described in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas \"an experience of unadulterated \u003ci\u003eliterature\u003c\/i\u003e\"), left off. Here a man has returned to his home in the suburbs of Paris, only to soon set out again. Why? We learn, over the course of a story redolent of Handke's harrowing \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, that he is seeking to avenge his mother, who has been unjustly denounced in the pages of a newspaper. \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sword\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful work of self-examination: Will the narrator's journey end in him throwing down the gauntlet? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Day in the Other Land\u003c\/i\u003e is the first work written by Handke after he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Evoking imagery from the Bible and classical mythology, it portrays a man who has been possessed by demons, causing him to rage endlessly against the inhabitants of his rural village. Aided by his sister, he embarks on a journey to a lake on whose opposite shore lies the \"other land.\" What ensues is an exorcism of sorts--and one of Handke's most evocative and original endings. Together, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sword \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Day in the Other Land \u003c\/i\u003eare essential new entries in a body of work like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Handke\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250371880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250371881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Peter Handke","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46767314862335,"sku":"9781250371881","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eca247ca-d484-4480-a6d2-817c87016682.jpg?v=1744169457","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-second-sword-peter-handke-9781250371881","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}