Peter Handke

The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Psychological novella about a goalkeeper's mental breakdown during a penalty kick

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Peter Handke
Peter Handke

Austrian Nobel Prize-winning playwright, novelist, and controversialist whose early plays attacked theatrical convention with radical aggression. Offending the Audience told audiences there was no play; Kaspar dramatized language acquisition as violence. His later work became lyrical and mythological, and his defense of Serbia during the Balkan wars made him deeply controversial.

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