Crossing the Sierra de Gredos
novel by Handke
Also known as: “Der Bildverlust; oder, Durch die Sierra de Gredos”(Show More)
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Der Bildverlust; oder, durch die Sierra de Gredos (2002; Crossing the Sierra de Gredos) is a novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke. The book details the pilgrimage and interior life of a woman as she traverses an Iberian mountain range. Handke's work often explores the idea that ordinary language and everyday reality can be constraining, with an underlying current of irrationality and confusion. His novels are typically characterized by deadpan accounts of characters experiencing extreme mental states.12
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