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The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick Book

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick : Paperback : Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc : 9780374531065 : 0374531064 : 10 Dec 2007 : The first of Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that "portrays theÂ?breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's The Stranger"" (Richard Locke, The New York Times). The self-destruction of a soccer goalie turned construction worker who wanders aimlessly around a stifling Austrian border town after pursuing and then murdering, almost unthinkingly, a female movie cashier is mirrored by his use of direct, sometimes..."Read More

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    The first of Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a true modern classic that "portrays theâ?¦breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's The Stranger" (Richard Locke, The New York Times). The self-destruction of a soccer goalie turned construction worker who wanders aimlessly around a stifling Austrian border town after pursuing and then murdering, almost unthinkingly, a female movie cashier is mirrored by his use of direct, sometimes fractured prose that conveys "at its best a seamless blend of lyricism and horror seen in the runes of a disintegrating world" (Bill Marx, Boston Sunday Globe).

  • 0374531064
  • 9780374531065
  • Peter Handke
  • 10 December 2007
  • Farrar Straus Giroux
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 144
  • Tra
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