{"product_id":"the-ballad-of-the-last-guest-hardcover","title":"The Ballad of the Last Guest - Hardcover","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), \u003cb\u003eKrishna Winston\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Handke is] a supremely talented writer . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of the Last Guest \u003c\/i\u003econjures the spirit of [Kafka and Camus].\" --Tobias Grey, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Magnificently moving . . . [Handke] connects us, almost against our will, to the eternal.\" --Bailey Trela, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel about a man who returns home, only to find that home is now unrecognizable, by the Nobel laureate Peter Handke. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA man named Gregor returns to his hometown from another continent. The landscape, formerly dotted with small villages, has been absorbed into the outskirts of a large city, both familiar and foreign at the same time. His father sits playing cards, waiting for him, while his sister holds a new baby. All the while, Gregor carries with him the secret of his younger brother's death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo matter his intentions, Gregor is unable to stay put. He is drawn back out into the world, into the streets and alleys of what is now a city, to the cinema, the soccer stadium, the remains of the forest, and above all the old fruit orchard, now overgrown and beyond saving. As he walks, the present and the past intertwine; memories of childhood surface, and inner voices enter into dialogue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRevisiting many of the settings and themes of the Nobel laureate Peter Handke's previous works, \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of the Last Guest\u003c\/i\u003e takes stock of the changes that the twenty-first century has wrought on the land--and on human beings.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e as born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. His many novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Year in the No-Man's-Bay\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e Crossing the Sierra de Gredos\u003c\/i\u003e. Handke's dramatic works include \u003ci\u003eKaspar\u003c\/i\u003e and the screenplay for Wim Wenders's \u003ci\u003eWings of Desire\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2019, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature \"for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKrishna Winston\u003c\/b\u003e is the Marcus L. Taft Professor of German Language and Literature, Emerita, at Wesleyan University. She has translated more than thirty books, including previous works by Peter Handke and works by Goethe, Werner Herzog, Günter Grass, and Christoph Hein.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7.78 x 5.23 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027384385725,"sku":"9780374616151","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0771\/9767\/2637\/files\/Ni16j5LOyo9780374616151.webp?v=1782702638","url":"https:\/\/boundigo.com\/products\/the-ballad-of-the-last-guest-hardcover","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}