
The Left-Handed Woman
By Peter Handke
1976
First Published
3.21
Average Rating
102
Number of Pages
Peter Handke tells the story of a woman determined to break with her husband and her past and to form a new life for herself. Marianne, a mother and hausfrau in her thirtieth year, begins to examine her life keeping house in the suburbs of a large industrial city in West Germany.
Avg Rating
3.21
Number of Ratings
3,245
5 STARS
12%
4 STARS
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3 STARS
37%
2 STARS
17%
1 STARS
7%
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Peter Handke
Author · 46 books
Peter Handke (* 6. Dezember 1942 in Griffen, Kärnten) ist ein österreichischer Schriftsteller und Übersetzer. Peter Handke is an Avant-garde Austrian novelist and playwright. His body of work has been awarded numerous literary prizes, including the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2019. He has also collaborated with German director Wim Wenders, writing the script for The Wrong Move and co-writing the screenplay for Wings of Desire.