Absence [Paperback]

The time is an unspecified modernity, the place possibly Europe.Absencefollows four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- as they journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

A remarkably abstract book even for the very abstract Handke ...Slippery but engrossing work, silkily translated. -Kirkus Reviews

The time is an unspecified modernity, the place possibly Europe.Absencefollows four nameless people -- the old man, the woman, the soldier, and the gambler -- as they journey to a desolate wasteland beyond the limits of an unnamed city.

Peter Handkewas born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. He is the author of books, plays and screenplays, including the novelCrossing the Sierra de Gredos(FSG, 2007) and the nonfiction workDon Juan - His Own Version(FSG, 2010).