Books - Bücher
This page is devoted to books and other works by the Austrian author Peter Handke. Titles are listed alphabetically. Also see our main Handke page.
Peter Handke Books
Absence
by Peter Handke (1990)
Translator: Ralph Mannheim
English translation. Paperback edition.
Absence
by Peter Handke (1990)
Translator: Ralph Mannheim
English translation. Hardcover.
Across
by Peter Handke (1986)
Handke's famously detached observer is the narrator of this strange tale about a man who becomes liberated through an act of violence—the sudden, unpremeditated killing of a neo-Nazi.
Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter
by Peter Handke
German version of this Handke novel. Paperback edition.
Die linkshändige Frau
by Peter Handke
German version of this Handke short story (Erzählung). Paperback edition.
DVD (2003) - Wings of Desire (1987)
Peter Handke co-wrote the screenplay (Der Himmel über Berlin) for this classic film with director Wim Wenders.
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BUCH: Der Himmel über Berlin
In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus.
by Peter Handke
German version of this Handke novel. Paperback edition.
"Ein Apotheker, beheimatet in einem unbekannten, weil nahezu unzugänglichen
Vorort Salzburgs, von Frau und erwachsenen Kindern getrennt lebend, fährt mit
dem Auto zum Essen ins Erdkellerrestaurant. Dort begegnet er zwei Personen..." (Mehr über das Buch von Amazon.de)
In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus
by Peter Handke
Hardcover edition.
On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House
by Peter Handke
English version of In einer dunklen Nacht ging ich aus meinem stillen Haus. Hardcover edition.
Mein Jahr in der Niemandsbucht (My Year in the No-Man's-Bay)
by Peter Handke (1998)
Partially autobiographical, this novel reflects a philosophical year in the writer's life and a journey of discovery. Hardcover.
Wunschloses Unglück
by Peter Handke
Following her suicide, Handke remembers his mother in this personal biography that takes the form of a conventional biography in Handke's own unconventional style. Paperback edition.
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