Kaspar and other plays
(Book)

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Contributors
Roloff, Michael, translator.
Published
New York : Hill and Wang, 2000.
Status
Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Hill and Wang, 2000.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
139 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English

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"Originally published in hardcover by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc."--Title page verso.
Description
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. -- from Amazon.
Language
Translated from the German.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Handke, P., & Roloff, M. (2000). Kaspar and other plays . Hill and Wang.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Handke, Peter and Michael, Roloff. 2000. Kaspar and Other Plays. Hill and Wang.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Handke, Peter and Michael, Roloff. Kaspar and Other Plays Hill and Wang, 2000.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Handke, Peter,, and Michael Roloff. Kaspar and Other Plays Hill and Wang, 2000.

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