The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

This book was writer by Peter Handke, one the most important authors currently, and
winner of Nobel Prize 2018. This novel carried to his author to international recognition
in critic’s world.
The author narrates about loneliness, and the fear that everyone feel. Bosch, the main
character, is a retired goalkeeper, who was fired from his last job.
At this point, Bosch starts his path and he depicts us his story in a kind of confusing
language, where the different moments and events are narrated as cut short imperative
phrases.
Due to that, the lecture of the novel could provoke confusion in the readers. However,
is a short novel. Be patient
Handke writes in an innovative and original way, using graphics in one little part of the
whole story.
Nevertheless, a grand part of literary critics rejects his award, due to his polemics and
controversial claims about the Yugoslavia war.
Hence, this is a great novel, and an good starting point to know the whole literary work
of Handke.