A sorrow beyond dreams
Original title: Wunschloses Unglück
earliest edition we have, 1975 Alianza, 1999 paperback
Bibliothek Suhrkamp -- Bd. — book 834
Kein Urteil, kein literarisches Denkmal für eine Mutter, kein abgeschlossenes Bild, nach dessen Beendigung der Autor und mit ihm der Leser befreit aufatmen könnte, sondern die Beschreibung einer grausigen offenen Wunde. - Helmut Scheffel - Back cover. Peter Handke's mother, Maria Handke, committed suicide in 1971. Within a few weeks, Peter Handke set about the task of reconstructing his mother's life in the form of a...
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