{"product_id":"9781590173077","title":"Slow Homecoming","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHandke, Peter; Kunkel, Benjamin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNYRB Classics\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/31\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBy Nobel Prize Winner Peter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProvocative, romantic, and restlessly exploratory, Peter Handke is one of the great  writers of our time. \u003ci\u003eSlow Homecoming\u003c\/i\u003e, originally published in the late 1970s, is  central to his achievement and to the powerful influence he has exercised on other  writers, chief among them W.G. Sebald. A novel of self-questioning and self-discovery,  \u003ci\u003eSlow Homecoming\u003c\/i\u003e is a singular odyssey, an escape from the distractions of the modern  world and the unhappy consciousness, a voyage that is fraught and fearful but ultimately  restorative, ending on an unexpected note of joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins in America. Writing  with the jarring intensity of his early work, Handke introduces Valentin Sorger,  a troubled geologist who has gone to Alaska to lose himself in his work, but now  feels drawn back home: on his way to Europe he moves in ominous disorientation through  the great cities of America. The second part of the book, “The Lesson of Mont Sainte-Victoire,”  identifies Sorger as a projection of the author, who now writes directly about his  own struggle to reconstitute himself and his art by undertaking a pilgrimage to the  great mountain that Cézanne painted again and again. Finally, “Child Story” is a  beautifully observed, deeply moving account of a new father—not so much Sorger or  the author as a kind of Everyman—and his love for his growing daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43374864892159,"sku":"9781590173077","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781590173077_s600x595.jpg?v=1775605536","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781590173077","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}