The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke

The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

Peter Handke

90 pages • first pub 1970 (editions)

fiction contemporary reflective slow-paced
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For readers who revel in the complexities of the human psyche and the disorienting nature of modern life, The Goalkeeper's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick by Peter Handke is a haunting and provocative journey into the mind of a troubled soul, where the boundaries between reality and madness blur, and the search for meaning becomes a desperate, existential quest.

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The self-destruction of a soccer goalie turned construction worker who wanders aimlessly around a stifling Austrian border town after pursuing and then murdering, almost unthinkingly, a female movie cashier is mirrored by Handke's use of direct, s...

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3.03
based on 297 reviews

Moods

dark: 64%

reflective: 61%

challenging: 45%

mysterious: 29%

tense: 25%

funny: 3%

informative: 3%

Pace

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24% of readers chose medium
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10% of readers chose A mix
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57% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

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7% of readers chose Complicated
85% of readers chose No
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7% of readers chose Complicated
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Complicated

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