{"product_id":"9781250767226","title":"On a Dark Night I Left My Silent House : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOn a Dark Night I Left My Silent House\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Peter Handke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA short, powerful new novel by one of the greatest writers in the German language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn a Dark Night I Left My Silent House\u003c\/i\u003e is Nobel Prize-winning author Peter Handke's evocative, moving, often fantastic, novel about one man's conflict with himself and his journey toward resolution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring one night shift, an unnamed, middle-aged pharmacist in Taxham, an isolated suburb of Salzburg, tells his story to a narrator. The pharmacist is known and well-respected, but lonely and estranged from his wife. He feels most comfortable wandering about in nature, collecting and eating hallucinogenic mushrooms. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne day he receives a blow to the head that leaves him unable to speak, and the narrative is transformed from ironic description into a collection of sensual impressions, observations and reflections. The pharmacist, who is now called the driver, sets out on a quest, travelling into the Alps with two companions--a former Olympic skiing champion and a formerly famous poet--where he is beaten and later stalked by a woman. He drives through a tunnel and has a premonition of death, then finds himself in a surreal, foreign land. In a final series of bizarre, cathartic events, the driver regains his speech and is taken back to his pharmacy--back to his former life, but forever changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA powerful, poetic exploration of language, longing and dislocation in the human experience, \u003ci\u003eOn a Dark Night I Left My Silent House\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Handke at his magical best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner Nobel Prize in Literature (2019)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250767226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40722082889934,"sku":"9781250767226","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_37b8d5e7-e6a1-46a6-a907-77b18a5e2060.jpg?v=1641102337","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250767226","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}