Till Day You Do Part Or A Question of Light (SB-The German List)

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Described as an answer to or at least an echo of Samuel Beckettx2019;s Krappx2019;s Last Tape?, Till Day You Do Part Or A Question of Light, by esteemed Austrian playwright and novelist Peter Handke, is a monologue delivered by the x201C;shex201D; in Beckettx2019;s play. This unnamed female similarly recalls other significant women protagonists in Handkex2019;s own work such as The Left-handed Woman. Handke prefaces the monologue in Till Day You Do Part Or a Question of Light with a description of two stone figures. While the male figure remains x201C;as dead and gone as anyone can,x201D; the female bursts into life, and her monologue gradually focuses on Krappx2019;s use of pauses and language to dominate the other characters in the Beckett play. Ultimately, however, her complaints and critique of Krapp become a declaration of her love for Krapp or at least an affirmation of their attachment, as the two of them are ultimately bound together, perhaps even inseparable.xA0;Till Day You Do Part Or a Question of Light xA0;is Handke at his best, evidencing the great skill, psychological acumen, and vision for which his work has been celebrated.

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Peter Handke was born in Griffen, Austria, in 1942. His many works of fiction include Absence; Across; The Goaliex2019;s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick; and Short Letter, Long Farewell. Mike Mitchell has worked as a literary translator since 1995. He was awarded the 1998 Schlegel-Tieck Prize for his translation of Herbert Rosendorferx2019;s Letters Back to Ancient China.