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(0)Peter Handke
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First Picador paperback edition.
Physical Desc
472 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the outskirts of a northwestern European riverport city lives a powerful woman banker, a public figure admired and hated in equal measure, who has decided to turn from the worlds of high finance and modern life to embark on a quest. Having commissioned a famous writer to undertake her authentic biography, she journeys through the Spanish Sierra de Gredos and the region of La Mancha to meet him. As she travels by allterrain vehicle, bus, and finally...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A novel describing the wanderings of a young woman called "the fruit thief" through northern France"--
On a summer day under a blue sky a man is stung on his foot by a bee. He takes it as a sign to hit the road, and boards a train to Paris, crosses the city by M̌tro, then boards another, disembarking in a small town on the plains to the north. He is searching for a young woman he calls the Fruit Thief, who, like him, has set off on a journey to...