Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's first full-length drama, hailed in Europe as the play of the decade and compared in importance to Waiting for Godot Kaspar is the story of an autistic adolescent who finds himself at a complete existential loss on the stage, with but a single sentence to call his own. Drilled by prompters who use terrifyingly funny logical and alogical language-sequences, Kaspar learns to speak normally and eventually becomes creative--doing his own thing with words; for this he is destroyed. In ...
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Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke's first full-length drama, hailed in Europe as the play of the decade and compared in importance to Waiting for Godot Kaspar is the story of an autistic adolescent who finds himself at a complete existential loss on the stage, with but a single sentence to call his own. Drilled by prompters who use terrifyingly funny logical and alogical language-sequences, Kaspar learns to speak normally and eventually becomes creative--doing his own thing with words; for this he is destroyed. In Offending the Audience and Self-Accusation , one-character speak-ins, Handke further explores the relationship between public performance and personal identity, forcing us to reconsider our sense of who we are and what we know.
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Add this copy of Kaspar and Other Plays to cart. $25.87, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1970 by Picador.
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Add this copy of Kaspar and Other Plays to cart. $200.00, very good condition, Sold by Lavendier Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Foster, RI, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX. NY 1969.
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Very Good. Farrar, Straus and Giroux; New York, 1969. Hardcover. A Very Good, yellow cloth binding with black lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, some age spotting/foxing to board buckram, bit of spine edge wear, top text block edge stained black with couple of blemishes, some rubbing to board/spine edges, couple of small soiled spots to fore-edge, age toning to pages, in a Very Good, moderate handling/scuff marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some sunning to spine and flaps, couple of soiled spots on turn, mild scattered foxing to spine, Mylar protected, Dust Wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 140pp. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
