A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams

Peter Handke with Ralph Manheim (Translator), Jeffrey Eugenides

76 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced

Description

Peter Handke's mother was an invisible woman. Throughout her life—which spanned the Nazi era, the war, and the postwar consumer economy—she struggled to maintain appearances, only to arrive at a terrible recognition: "I'm not human any more." Not ...

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