"The Second Sword" is Handke's latest work at the moment, written immediately after the writer received the Nobel Prize. Handke's voice is loud and clear, and in numerous metaphors, subtle allusions, echoes of the author's thoughts and moods are discernible. What is injustice and what is revenge? And what is the real importance of stories?'The Second Sword is a book, as is often the case with Handke, about a spiritual journey and endless contemplation of the surrounding world. In every detail, Handke will find poetry that is difficult to imagine. Even the most ordinary streets of Paris, even the sound of tram wheels on its pages will sparkle with new, bright colors. Five reasons to buy 1IN a gift for a book, each reader receives additional materials to fully immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the novel: an audiobook, an article, and a video. 2 Peter Handke is a 2019 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, a member of the Group 47, a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and one of the most important German—language writers of the postwar period. 3 "The Second Sword" is a book in which Handke, with the beauty and allegory inherent in the author, guides the reader through the waves of his thoughts. 4Handke brilliantly juggles literary allusions, weaving into the work the myths beloved by the public from his own life and immediately dispelling them. 5This deeply philosophical journey will appeal to fans of complex intellectual prose.