{"product_id":"left-handed-woman-paperback","title":"Left-Handed Woman - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman faces loneliness and alienation on a journey to find her own life outside of being a wife and mother in Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke's \u003ci\u003eThe Left-Handed Woman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne evening, when Marianne and her husband, Bruno, are dining out together to celebrate his return from a business trip, Marianne listens to him speak and realizes suddenly yet finally that Bruno will leave her. Whether at that moment, or in years to come, she will be deserted. And instinctively Marianne knows she must fend for herself and her young son now, before that time comes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe sends Bruno away and settles down to a life alone, at first experiencing moments of panic, restlessly wandering in rooms grown stifling. The stillness of the house wears her down, and she starts taking long walks, or visiting with her close friend, Franziska. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGradually, what began as a selfish escape from the prospects of the future becomes in fact liberation. The environment she'd always hated--a no man's land of identical houses, with all curtains drawn--recedes; her relationships with those dear to her become less threatening, less necessary; and Marianne finds a new pattern for her life and the strength to go on alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHandke adapted the novel himself into a film of the same name in 1978.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. A novelist, playwright, and translator, he is the author of such acclaimed works as \u003ci\u003eThe Moravian Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRepetition\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of multiple literary awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the International Ibsen Award, Handke is also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed adaptations of his novels \u003ci\u003eThe Left-Handed Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-wrote the screenplays for Wim Wenders' \u003ci\u003eWrong Movie \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWings of Desire.\u003c\/i\u003e He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.23 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52542580719923,"sku":"9781250767301","price":23.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/N3VVQ1ljY0owWlNVZnhJeWlVamNwUT09.webp?v=1760911041","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/left-handed-woman-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}