Peter Handke

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December 06, 1942 in Griffen, Austria

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Avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright.

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Books by Peter Handke

Average rating: 3.67 · 1,838 ratings · 213 reviews · 85 distinct works

	A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke, Ralph Manheim (Translator), Jeffrey Eugenides (Introduction) 3.82 avg rating — 312 ratings — published 1974 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke, Michael Roloff (Translation) 3.40 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1971 — 21 editions	My rating:
	The Left-Handed Woman 3.66 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 1976 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Short Letter, Long Farewell by Peter Handke, Ralph Manheim (Translator), Greil Marcus (Introduction) 3.59 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1972 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Kaspar and Other Plays by Peter Handke, Michael Roloff (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1970 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Afternoon of a Writer 3.72 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1987 — 8 editions	My rating:
	On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House by Peter Handke, Krishna Winston (Translator) 3.42 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Weight of the World 4.16 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1989 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Three by Peter Handke 3.98 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1985 — 2 editions	My rating:
	A Moment of True Feeling 4.08 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	My rating:

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“No one can be trusted who isn't thrilled with himself at least now and then.”
― Peter Handke

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“When the child was a child, it didn’t know that it was a child, everything was soulful, and all souls were one.”
― Peter Handke

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“It was nearly winter. I had just seen a friend die, and was again beginning to take pleasure in my own existence. This friend, who thought of himself as the "first man to experience pain", had nevertheless tried up to the last moment to wish death away. I was thankful for all things and decreed: Enjoy yourself, take advantage of your days of good health.”
― Peter Handke, Slow Homecoming

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