The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick

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The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick is a 1970 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that explores alienation and psychological disintegration through the perspective of a troubled soccer goalkeeper.

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instanceOf literary work
novel
adaptedInto The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (film) NERFINISHED
associatedWith German-language literature
author Peter Handke NERFINISHED
centralTheme alienation
perception and reality
psychological disintegration
violence
countryOfOrigin Austria
explores breakdown of communication
everyday banality
fragmentation of identity
filmAdaptationDirector Wim Wenders NERFINISHED
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1972
genre existential fiction
psychological fiction
hasCharacterType unreliable focalizer
hasMotif sports as metaphor for existential crisis
hasTranslation The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (English translation) NERFINISHED
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainCharacter Josef Bloch NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person
notableFor focus on interior consciousness
minimalist style
originalLanguage German
originalTitle Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter NERFINISHED
partOfAuthorOeuvre early works of Peter Handke
protagonistOccupation soccer goalkeeper
publicationYear 1970
publisher Suhrkamp Verlag NERFINISHED
setting Austria NERFINISHED
structure short novel
subjectMatter association football
crime
timePeriodOfStory 20th century

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