{"product_id":"second-sword-a-tale-from-the-merry-month","title":"Second Sword A Tale From The Merry Month","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Two novellas by Peter Handke—his first works to be published since he won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Second Sword \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Day in the Other Land \u003c\/i\u003eare two novellas by the 2019 Nobel laureate Peter Handke. The first picks up the story where Handke’s last work of fiction, \u003ci\u003eThe Fruit Thief \u003c\/i\u003e(described in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times \u003c\/i\u003eas “an experience of unadulterated \u003ci\u003eliterature\u003c\/i\u003e”), left off. Here a man has returned to his home in the suburbs of Paris, only to soon set out again. Why? We learn, over the course of a story redolent of Handke’s harrowing \u003ci\u003eA Sorrow Beyond Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, that he is seeking to avenge his mother, who has been unjustly denounced in the pages of a newspaper. \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sword\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful work of self-examination: Will the narrator’s journey end in him throwing down the gauntlet?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Day in the Other Land\u003c\/i\u003e is the first work written by Handke after he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Evoking imagery from the Bible and classical mythology, it portrays a man who has been possessed by demons, causing him to rage endlessly against the inhabitants of his rural village. Aided by his sister, he embarks on a journey to a lake on whose opposite shore lies the “other land.” What ensues is an exorcism of sorts—and one of Handke’s most evocative and original endings. Together, \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sword \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMy Day in the Other Land \u003c\/i\u003eare essential new entries in a body of work like no other.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57195023958398,"sku":"NW9781250371881","price":12.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781250371881.jpg?v=1778538342","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/second-sword-a-tale-from-the-merry-month","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}