The Jukebox And Other Essays On Storytelling
In The Jukebox and Other Essays on Storytelling, Peter Handke offers three intimate, eloquent meditations that map a self-reflexive journey from Alaska to the Austria of his childhood, while illuminating the act of writing itself. In his "Essay on Tiredness, " Handke transforms an everyday experience — often precipitated by boredom — into a fascinating exploration of the world of slow motion, differentiating degrees of fatigue, the types of weariness, its rejuvenating effects, as well as its erotic, cultural, and political implications. The title essay is Handke's attempt to understand the significance of the jukebox, a quest which leads him, while on a trip in Spain, into the literature of the jukebox, the history of the music box, and memories of the Beatle's music. In turn elucidating various stages of his own life. And in his "Essay on the Successful Day, " for which there is no prescription, Handke invents to picture of tranquility, using a self-portrait by Hogarth as his po...
Author: Handke Peter
Year of publication: 1994
Translator: Manheim Ralph
Number of pages: 151
Reading time: 2 h. 31 min.
Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF
