The Weight of the World (book)

1977 book by Peter Handke

The Weight of the World
Author	Peter Handke
Original title	Das Gewicht der Welt
Translator	Ralph Manheim
Language	German
Publisher	Residenz Verlag [de]
Publication date	1977
Publication place	Austria
Published in English	1985
Pages	324

The Weight of the World: A Journal (German: Das Gewicht der Welt. Ein Journal (Nov. 1975–März 1977)) is a 1977 book by the Austrian writer Peter Handke. It is Handke's notes or diary entries from a stay in Paris with his daughter from November 1975 to March 1977. It consists of descriptions of events including a mild heart attack and a love affair, and reflections about subjects such as fatherhood, middle age and fear of death. The book was published in German by Residenz Verlag [de] in 1977 and in Ralph Manheim's English translation by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1984.

References

Goodman, Walter (12 July 1984). "The Weight of the World. By Peter Handke. Translated by Ralph Manheim. 243 pages. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. $16.95". The New York Times. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
"The Weight of the World". Kirkus Reviews. 15 June 1984. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
König, Fritz; Klinkowitz, Jerome (1988). "The West German and American Editions of Peter Handke's 'Das Gewicht Der Welt.'". German Studies Review. 11 (2): 255–265. doi:10.2307/1429972.

External links

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Bibliography
Drama	Offending the Audience (1966) Kaspar (1967) The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other (1992) Storm Still (2010)
Film	Written and directed: The Left-Handed Woman (1978) The Absence (1992) Written only: The Goalkeeper's Fear of the Penalty (1972) The Wrong Move (1975) Wings of Desire (1987) Subject: Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late (2016)
Poetry	The Innerworld of the Outerworld of the Innerworld (1969) To Duration (1986)
Prose	The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1970) Short Letter, Long Farewell (1972) A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (1972) A Moment of True Feeling (1975) The Weight of the World (1977) Slow Homecoming (1979) Repetition (1986) Once Again for Thucydides (1990) My Year in the No-Man's-Bay (1994) A Journey to the Rivers (1996) Crossing the Sierra de Gredos (2002) The Moravian Night (2008) Die Ballade des letzten Gastes (2023)

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