{"product_id":"the-goalies-anxiety-at-the-penalty-kick-9780374531065","title":"The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first of Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's novels to be published in English, \u003ci\u003eThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick \u003c\/i\u003eis a true modern classic that portrays the...breakdown of a murderer in ways that recall Camus's \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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 Handke's 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 (\u003ci\u003eBoston Sunday Globe). \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-142326\"\u003ePeter Handke\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar Straus Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374531065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374531064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. A novelist, playwright, and translator, he is the author of such acclaimed works as \u003ci\u003eThe Moravian Night\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRepetition\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of multiple literary awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize and the International Ibsen Award, Handke is also a filmmaker. He wrote and directed adaptations of his novels \u003ci\u003eThe Left-Handed Woman\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAbsence\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-wrote the screenplays for Wim Wenders' \u003ci\u003eWrong Movie \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWings of Desire.\u003c\/i\u003e He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Farrar Straus Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42710966108397,"sku":"9780374531065","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_eec88cd3-f924-4155-9539-c588a6a6a814.jpg?v=1650152766","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-goalies-anxiety-at-the-penalty-kick-9780374531065","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}