Slow Homecoming (28 page)
Translated by Ralph Manheim
Farrar / Straus / Giroux
Â
New York
Kaspar and Other Plays
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Short Letter, Long Farewell
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
The Ride Across Lake Constance and Other Plays
A Moment of True Feeling
The Left-Handed Woman
The Weight of the World
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick
Short Letter, Long Farewell
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
The Ride Across Lake Constance and Other Plays
A Moment of True Feeling
The Left-Handed Woman
The Weight of the World
Translation copyright © 1985 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Inc. Originally published in German in three volumes, under the titles Langsame Heimkehr, copyright © Suhrkamp Verlag 1979; Die Lehre der Sainte-Victoire, copyright © Suhrkamp Verlag 1980; and Kindergeschichte, copyright © Suhrkamp Verlag 1981
All rights reserved
Â
Â
A portion of this book originally appeared, in somewhat
different form, in The New Yorker
different form, in The New Yorker
Â
Â
Designed by Cynthia Krupat
Â
Â
eISBN 9781466807280
First eBook Edition : December 2011
Â
Â
Library of Congress catalog card number: 84-28597
Published simultaneously in Canada by Collins Publishers, Toronto
Published simultaneously in Canada by Collins Publishers, Toronto
First edition, 1985
Other books
Scumble by Ingrid Law
The Fenris Device by Brian Stableford
Seasons Under Heaven by LaHaye, Beverly, Blackstock, Terri
Crow's Inn Tragedy by Annie Haynes
Parched by Melanie Crowder
The Time of My Life by Patrick Swayze, Lisa Niemi
Gray Area by George P Saunders
Sugar on the Edge by Sawyer Bennett
A Bone of Contention by Susanna Gregory
Any Way You Want It by Kathy Love