ShortLetter,LongFarewell(Peter Handke、Greil Marcus、Ralph Man

ShortLetter,LongFarewell

作者： Peter Handke 著；Greil Marcus 著；Ralph Manheim 著

出版社： NewYorkReviewBooks

出版时间： 2009-03

ISBN： 9781590173060

定价： 126.00

装帧： 平装

页数： 192页

正文语种： 英语

丛书： NewYorkReviewBooksClassics

分类： 国学古籍>综合性图书

内容简介:

ShortLetter，LongFarewellisonethemostinventiveandexhilaratingofthegreatPeterHandke’snovels.Fullofseedynoiratmosphericsandboastinganairofgeneralizeddelirium，thebookstartsbyintroducingustoanamelessyoungGermanwhohasjustarrivedinAmerica，wherehehopestogetoverthecollapseofhismarriage.Nosoonerhashearrived，however，thanhediscoversthathisex-wifeispursuinghim.Heflees，shefollows，andsoonthecoupleisrunningcirclesaroundeachotheracrossthelengthofAmerica—fromPhiladelphiatoSt.LouistotheArizonadesert，andfromPortland，Oregon，toL.A.Isitloveorvengeancethattheywantfromeachother?Everything’sspectacularlyunclearinabookthatistravelogue，suspensestory，domesticcomedy，andWesternshowdown，withatotallyunexpectedHollywoodtwistattheend.Aboveall，ShortLetter，LongFarewellisalovelettertoAmerica，itslandscapesandpopularculture，theinvitationandthethreatofitsnewnessandwildnessandemptiness，withthepromiseofanewlife—orthecorpseofanoldone—lyingjustaroundthecorner.

作者简介:

PeterHandkewasborninGriffen,Austria,in1942.Hecametoearlyprominenceinthe1960sforsuchexperimentalplaysasKasparandrapidlyestablishedhimselfasoneofthemostrespectedGerman-languagewritersofhisgeneration,producingfiction,translations,memoirs,screenplays,andessays.Amonghisbest-knownnovelsareTheGoalie’sAnxietyatthePenaltyKick,Repetition,andMyYearintheNo-Man’sBay.HehasdirectedadaptionsofhisnovelsTheLeft-HandedWomanandAbsenceandcollaboratedwithfilmmakerWimWendersonfourfilms,includingWingsofDesire.InadditiontoShortLetter,LongFarewell,NYRBClassicshasalsopublishedHandke’snovelSlowHomecomingandhismemoirASorrowBeyondDreams.

GreilMarcusistheauthorofTheShapeofThingstoCome:ProphecyandtheAmericanVoice,LipstickTraces,andotherbooks;withWernerSollorsheistheeditorofANewLiteraryHistoryofAmerica,forthcomingin2009.InrecentyearshehastaughtattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,PrincetonUniversity,theNewSchoolUniversity,andtheUniversityofMinnesota.HewasborninSanFranciscoandlivesinBerkeley.

RalphManheim(1907–1992)translatedGünterGrass,Louis-FerdinandCéline,HermannHesse,andMartinHeidegger,alongwithmanyotherGermanandFrenchauthors.,,,,