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Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling

Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling

Handke, Peter

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Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 1250767253
ISBN13: 9781250767257
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: Feb 25 2020
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.41 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.25
Language: English

Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke offers three intimate, eloquent meditations that map a self-reflexive journey from Alaska to the Austria of his childhood, while illuminating the act of writing itself.

In his Essay on Tiredness, Handke transforms an everyday experience--often precipitated by boredom--into a fascinating exploration of the world of slow motion, differentiating degrees of fatigue, the types of weariness, its rejuvenating effects, as well as its erotic, cultural, and political implications.

The title essay is Handke's attempt to understand the significance of the jukebox, a quest which leads him, while on a trip in Spain, into the literature of the jukebox, the history of the music box, and memories of the Beatles' music, in turn elucidating various stages of his own life.

And in his Essay on the Successful Day, for which there is no prescription, Handke invents a picture of tranquility, using a self-portrait by Hogarth as his point of departure to describe a state of being at peace.

Playful, reflective, insightful, and entertaining, The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling constitutes a literary triptych that redefines the art of the essay and challenges the form of the short story, confirming Peter Handke's stature as one of the most original and provocative of contemporary writers (Lawrence Graver, The New York Times Book Review).

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