Handke’s novel tells the story of a quiet, organized classics teacher named Andreas Loser. One night, on the way to his regularly scheduled card game, he passes a tree that has been defaced by a swastika. Impulsively yet deliberately, he tracks down the defacer and kills him. With this act, Loser has crossed an invisible threshold, and will be stuck in this secular purgatory until he can confess his crime.

Format: Paperback
Published: in USA in 2000
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pages: 148
Language: English
ISBN 13: 9780374527648
ISBN 10: 0374527644